Meanings
plural plumber's snakes
- A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.
Synonyms: auger, pipe snake, plumbing snake, toilet jack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 管道疏通器, 疏通彈簧 /疏通弹簧
- 管道疏通器 (guǎndàoshūtōngqì)flexible tool used to unclog a pipe
- 疏通彈簧 /疏通弹簧 (shūtōngtánhuáng)flexible tool used to unclog a pipe
Finnish viemärinavausjousi, viemärirassi
- viemärinavausjousiflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
- viemärirassiflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
French furet, vrille à déboucher
- furetflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
- vrille à déboucherflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
German Rohrreinigungsspirale
- Rohrreinigungsspiraleflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
Norwegian stakefjær
- stakefjærflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
Spanish sonda desatascadora / destapacaños / desatoradora
- sonda desatascadora / destapacaños / desatoradoraflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
Swahili nyoka
- nyokaflexible tool used to unclog a pipe
Cite this entry
plumber's snake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumber's%20snake
“plumber's snake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumber's%20snake. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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