schlängeln — meaning in English
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English meaning
- snake noun A long, legless reptile that moves by slithering, some species of which are venomous.
- undulate verb To make something move up and down like a wave.
- wiggle verb To move with small, quick side-to-side or back-and-forth motions.
- wriggle verb To twist and turn the body with quick, small movements; to squirm.
Senses
schlängeln is used for these senses in English:
- snake (intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.
- undulate (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave.
- wiggle (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
- wriggle (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
snake — full definition
- noun A long, legless reptile that moves by slithering, some species of which are venomous.
- noun Informally, a deceitful or untrustworthy person.
- verb To move or wind in a curving, twisting path.
- verb To clear a blocked pipe using a long, flexible plumbing tool.
- noun A video game in which you steer a line that grows longer each time it eats, and lose by running into a wall, another player or your own body; also called a snake game.
undulate — full definition
- verb To make something move up and down like a wave.
- verb To shape something so that it looks like a wave.
- verb To move smoothly up and down, the way waves do.
- verb To look as though it is moving in waves.
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