as in snake
a limbless reptile with a long body
a viper sliding silently through the field
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Recent Examples of viper
Kids can build three different toys — an astronaut figure, a futuristic space dog, and a space viper jet with a seat for a minifigure to fly it.
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Unhappily, this budding romance is interrupted when Arnold’s tracked down by the TV series viper-like host (Richard Dawson).
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Unhappily, this budding romance is interrupted when Arnold’s tracked down by the TV series viper-like host (Richard Dawson).
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viper
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The unlikely friends and partners have to save the city of Zootopia again by helping a snake (Ke Huy Quan) on the loose and uncovering a longtime conspiracy against reptiles.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Most people initially become aware of the reptiles by hearing their rattles, which the snakes use to try to scare off aggressors or to distract prey.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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And if a mother kept a piece of jasper on hand throughout her child’s infancy, they would both be protected from malign spirits of the air and from the tongue of the ancient serpent that was hell‑bent on ensnaring newborns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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At the Mayan site Chichen Itza in Mexico, people gather during the equinox to watch the sun create a shadow pattern that resembles a serpent descending a pyramid called El Castillo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viper. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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