<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a snake</li><li>a wily, treacherous, or malicious person</li><li>the Devil; Satan (Genesis 3:1–5)</li><li>a firework that burns with a serpentine motion or flame</li><li>an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse tone (Compare: ophicleide)</li><li>Serpent, Astronomy: the constellation Serpens</li></ul>