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viper
[ vahy-per ]
noun
- any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, venom-conducting fangs.
- any of various venomous or supposedly venomous snakes.
- a malignant or spiteful person.
- a false or treacherous person.
- Viper, Military. a 9-pound (4-kilogram), shoulder-launched, unguided U.S. Army antitank rocket with an effective range of 273 yards (250 meters).
viper
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noun
- any venomous Old World snake of the family Viperidae, esp any of the genus Vipera (the adder and related forms), having hollow fangs in the upper jaw that are used to inject venom
- any of various other snakes, such as the horned viper
- See pit viper
- a malicious or treacherous person
Derived Forms
- ˈ±¹¾±±è±ð°ù-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±¹¾±î€ƒp±ð°ù·¾±²õ³ó adjective
- ±¹¾±î€ƒp±ð°ù·¾±²õ³ó·ly adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of viper1
Idioms and Phrases
- to nourish a viper in one's bosom, to befriend a person who proves to be treacherous.
Example Sentences
It is a “viper’s nest of radical left Marxists who hate America,†he wrote on X, his social media platform.
Quite the contrary, actually; in many cases, I have no difficulty understanding why people would vote for this viper.
It is visible to pit vipers as heat, giving them a Predator-like advantage for hunting.
Nausea and appetite loss during gestation is not a uniquely human trait -- these symptoms have been observed throughout the animal kingdom, from monkeys, dogs, and cats, to chickens, vipers, and octopuses.
But Trump is gleefully opening barrels of vipers and shaking them loose just to see where they might go and whom they might bite.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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