serpentizing

Verb

serpentize (third-person singular simple present serpentizes, present participle serpentizing, simple past and past participle serpentized)

1. (intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
   • September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.
     The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale.