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sluther

sluther verb: to slither, slide or slip.

Verb

sluther (third-person singular simple present sluthers, present participle sluthering, simple past and past participle sluthered)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To slither, slide or slip
    • I'm going to sit down on my posterior and sluther full speed down this Pisgah, even if it cost me my trouser seat.1922, D. H. Lawrence, Fantasia of the Unconscious

Forms of sluther

third-person singular presentsluthers
present participlesluthering
past participlesluthered
pastsluthered

Origin of sluther

Variant of slither.

Questions about sluther

What does sluther mean?
Sluther means to slither, slide or slip.
What part of speech is sluther?
Sluther is a verb.
What is the past tense of sluther?
The past tense of sluther is sluthered.

Words near sluther in the dictionary

  1. slutfaces
  2. slutfucker
  3. slutfuckers
  4. sluthead
  5. slutheads
  6. sluther
  7. sluthered
  8. sluthering
  9. sluthers
  10. sluthhound
  11. sluthhounds

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