as in slug
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
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as in to drag
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Recent Examples of snail
Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Mar. 2026
Different kinds of snails and butterflies.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
What can snail mucin do for your skin?
—Lacey Muinos, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
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Noun
It’s made with 96% snail secretion filtrate, a humectant-rich ingredient known for calming irritation, fading post-acne marks, and supporting skin repair.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Mar. 2026
Different kinds of snails and butterflies.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
Could snail slime and salmon sperm be the next big things in skincare?
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
What can snail mucin do for your skin?
—Lacey Muinos, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail
Noun
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The institute and federal ocean officials say those appendages, called cerata, hold the stinging cells in a concentrated form, making the slug’s sting especially potent.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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Among its many benefits, diatomaceous earth (DE) can control pests as varied as earwigs, caterpillars, ants and aphids, and keep slugs and snails out of garden beds, too.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That said, its opposition to severe Pluto presses against your dependable 6th house, potentially dragging you away from rest.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Transportation Security Administration may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on, the agency’s acting head said yesterday, even as record wait times for travelers did little to end the standoff over the funding fight in Congress.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some of the names of past crawler support personnel who have passed away are enshrined on the side of the crawler as a memorial.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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This photo shows off the staggering scale of SLS, the VAB, and the crawler-transporter vehicle that hauls the rocket to and from the launch pad.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But they are really designed and developed to crawl over and destroy everything.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026
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Maritime trade is crawling at Georgia’s ports, but the state authority that operates the nation’s third-busiest cargo terminals isn’t throttling back its expansion efforts.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Yup, those $70,000-a-year-plus-benefits folks the city of San Diego has hired to creep around in the early-morning hours before the garbage trucks come and look for miscreants who have put plastic bags in the blue recycling bins or greenery in the black-now-gray trash bins.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Coastal areas in Los Angeles will see the marine layer creep back in, making for much milder conditions, Gomberg said.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The nurturing Moon pokes Mars today, drawing attention to your 2nd House of Objects and your 11th House of Groups.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Leah pokes her head out around his legs, her eyes wild with excitement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On the other hand, energy and real estate were the day's laggards.—
Sean Conlon,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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The California Democratic Party pitched its new, periodic polls as a way to help voters and campaigns make sense of the unusually wide-open race for governor — and help encourage laggards to quit the race.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Snail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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