slither

Etymology

From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”), equivalent to slide + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”), German schlittern (“to slither, skid”). More at slide.

verb

1. (intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
2. (intransitive) To slide
   I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers. 2003, J. Flash, An American Savage

adj

1. (archaic) slithery; slippery

noun

1. A limestone rubble.
2. (nonstandard, see usage notes) A sliver.