as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill
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Recent Examples of dragger
Do the foot draggers in the legislature not know or understand the present and future risk?
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragger
snail
Noun
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Coffee grounds are also often used to deter slugs and snails, reduce weeds without chemicals, and even repel neighborhood strays.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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The stacked transporter will inch along at a careful snail’s pace of about 1 mile per hour, according to NASA.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Dragger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragger. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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