as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
the guide halted the tour group so that the plodders who had fallen behind could catch up
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Recent Examples of plodder
As for any ribbing that his head coach gives him for being an old plodder back, Hammond laughed it off.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plodder
snail
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The 11-million-pound rocket, stacked with the Orion capsule on top, will be carried on a moving platform known as a crawler-transporter that will move at a snail’s pace of around 1 mile per hour.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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Three decades later, that secret arrived on American shores like a tsunami—sheet masks, snail mucin, toner pads, pimple patches lining every retail shelf.—
David Yi,
Allure,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Plodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plodder. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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