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slitherings

slitherings is the plural of slithering.

Meaning of slithering

Noun

slithering (plural slitherings)

  1. The act or action of one who slithers.
    • As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14

Questions about slitherings

What is slitherings the plural of?
Slitherings is the plural of slithering.

Words near slitherings in the dictionary

  1. slitherer
  2. slitherers
  3. slitherier
  4. slitheriest
  5. slithering
  6. slitherings
  7. slitherlink
  8. slithers
  9. slithersome
  10. slithery
  11. slithier

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