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snaking

/ˈsneɪkɪŋ/

snaking noun: a twisting, serpentine layout or motion. Also the present participle and gerund of snake.

Noun

snaking (plural snakings)

  1. A twisting, serpentine layout or motion.
    • Except that the latter's spinal column must have suffered some pretty severe snakings when the camera-carrier went through corduroy bridges […]1921, Lewis Ransome Freeman, Down the Columbia

Also used as

snaking is also the present participle and gerund of snake.

Forms of snaking

Adjective
comparativemore snaking
superlativemost snaking
Noun
pluralsnakings

Words formed from snaking

Phrases with snaking

Words that rhyme with snaking

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Questions about snaking

What does snaking mean?
Snaking means a twisting, serpentine layout or motion.
What part of speech is snaking?
Snaking is a noun.
How do you pronounce snaking?
Snaking is pronounced /ˈsneɪkɪŋ/.
What is the plural of snaking?
The plural of snaking is snakings.

Words near snaking in the dictionary

  1. snakiest
  2. snakily
  3. snakin
  4. snakiness
  5. snakinesses
  6. snaking
  7. snaking out
  8. snakingly
  9. snakings
  10. snakins
  11. snakish

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