Synonyms
Examples of slowpoke in a Sentence
We're going to be late if that slowpoke doesn't hurry up.
quit being such a slowpoke this morning, or you'll be late
Recent Examples on the Web
From the close of 2020 to the price peak around May of 2022, our dozen locales typically gained 40% or so, an extraordinary advance in just 17 months for such traditional slowpokes.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Other cars will tend to try and go around the slowpoke, which can produce a cavalcade of potential near collisions as vehicles jockey back and forth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Those other drivers frustrated by the slow acceleration driver might get angry at the slowpoke and take untoward actions at that driver.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
One such slowpoke route is the M42, along 42nd Street, which cuts across Times Square, where the traffic continues to move along at a tortoise-like pace.
—James Barron, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
An over-the-air update late last year enabled Navigate on Autopilot, which lets the car change lanes autonomously (with the driver's OK) and pass the occasional slowpoke.
—Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Other cars will tend to try and go around the slowpoke, which can produce a cavalcade of potential near collisions as vehicles jockey back and forth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Those other drivers frustrated by the slow acceleration driver might get angry at the slowpoke and take untoward actions at that driver.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
One such slowpoke route is the M42, along 42nd Street, which cuts across Times Square, where the traffic continues to move along at a tortoise-like pace.
—James Barron, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
An over-the-air update late last year enabled Navigate on Autopilot, which lets the car change lanes autonomously (with the driver's OK) and pass the occasional slowpoke.
—Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
slow entry 1 + poke annoyingly stupid person
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near slowpoke
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“Slowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowpoke. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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slowpoke
noun
slow·poke
ˈslō-ˌpōk 
: a very slow person
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