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Definition of spring snake

spring snake

Plural:spring snakes
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spring snake Lexical Profile

• noun

1

A novelty prank item consisting of a cloth-covered wire spring compressed inside a container, such as a fake nut can, which leaps out like a serpent when opened.

Example

"The children laughed when a colorful spring snake popped out of the peanut brittle tin."

2

A nonvenomous, nocturnal colubrid snake of the genus Pseudorabdion, native to Southeast Asia, or historically an archaic regional name for a North American garter snake.

• Nearby Words

spring beauty
spring onion
spring roll
spring snake
spring starflower
springbok
springfield

Usage Trend

Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Spring snake. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/spring snake
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