couch potato

noun

Definition of couch potatonext
as in slug
a lazy person a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done

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Recent Examples of couch potato The pleasures of being a couch potato. — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 But even for a Idaho couch potatoes, quality and flavor are what will stir consumers’ drinks. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025 Long-form reading then becomes as hard as pushups for a couch potato. — Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025 Listen to this article Cannabis users are often stereotyped as lazy couch potatoes satisfying their munchies with junk food. — Christine Ricciardi, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
  1. slug
  2. drone
  3. snail
  4. bum
Noun
  • Their hearts and parapodia (appendages for swimming and crawling) regenerate, and in 17 days the slugs are good as new.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
  • The effect has been especially damaging on corals, oysters, and free-swimming snails and slugs.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of slug
Noun
  • The Eiffel Tower's drone light show was maintained, however, and held Monday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • Russia last week banned diesel exports after Ukrainian drones continued to bombard Russian refineries.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of drone
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
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of bum

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