clock-watcher

noun

Definition of clock-watchernext
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  1. snail
  2. lingerer
  3. creeper
  4. slacker
  5. straggler
  6. laggard
  7. loiterer
  8. crawler
Noun
  • The effect has been especially damaging on corals, oysters, and free-swimming snails and slugs.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026
  • You are steered through an astonishing limestone canyon, crossing turquoise water where only tiny snails and blind shrimp are capable of living.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
Definition of snail
Noun
  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerer
Noun
  • Some are climbers or creepers, like euonymous (winter creeper).
    — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 7 May 2026
  • This creeper has bluish-green foliage that turns reddish purple in winter and reaches 8-12 inches high with a spread of 6-8 feet.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of creeper
Noun
  • Inspired by the alien invasion genre and slacker hang out movies, the film is about a group of friends standing up against an alien invasion that threatens to swallow the whole world.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • Her well-meaning slacker persona is perfect for this cavalcade of sometimes surreal adventures, which include classic sitcom tropes like get-rich-quick schemes and mistaken identities.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of slacker
Noun
  • There’s still time for trades, an offer sheet — involving the Blue Jackets or a Blue Jackets player — and there’s still time to sign a straggler on the free-agent market.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • There’s growing evidence, however, that some Tequesta stragglers may have stayed behind, or that some eventually returned from Cuba, joining other indigenous people in Florida.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of straggler
Noun
  • These are not laggards so much as allies planning for a different war, and the alliance has no mechanism to decide which war comes first.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • In a separate study on 1,000 companies across industries, including luxury, BCG estimated that about 57 percent of companies in the latter sector are AI laggards, with little implementation of the technology.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
Definition of laggard
Noun
  • Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of loiterer
Noun
  • The distinction matters because some crawlers serve multiple purposes simultaneously.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • That’s because it’s built to travel on roadways and bike lanes, leaving its fellow sidewalk crawlers in the dust.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026
Definition of crawler
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