eel
/iːl/
noun
- A long, snake-like fish that lives in fresh or salt water.
- The eel slithered through the rocks at the bottom of the river.
- Some people enjoy eating smoked eel as a delicacy.
- We saw a large eel swimming near the coral reef.
- A person who is difficult to catch or hold onto, often because they are slippery or evasive.
- He slipped out of the room like an eel before anyone could question him.
- In negotiations, she was as slippery as an eel.
- The politician was an eel, never giving a straight answer.