of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.

having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.

shrewd, wily, or cunning.

a device on a harquebus lock for holding the match.

a cannon having any of various bore sizes, used from the 15th to the 17th century.

Skating . a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share one loop.

to make or follow a winding course

The stream serpentines through the valley.

adjective

anfractuous , artful , cagey , circuitous , clever , coiling , convoluted , crafty , cunning , curved , curvy , foxy , indirect , mazy , meandering , meandrous , shrewd , sinuous , slick , slinky , snakelike , snaky * , subtle , supple , twisting , twisting and turning , wily , flexuous , snaky , tortuous , crooked , devilish , devious , fiendish , serpentlike , sly , sneaky , tempting , winding , zigzag