draggers

noun

plural of dragger
as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill

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  1. snails
  2. crawlers
Noun
  • In Connecticut, diamondback terrapins live in saltmarsh habitats and consume coffee bean snails, which if left unchecked would consume all the grass in the saltmarsh.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • The distinction matters because some crawlers serve multiple purposes simultaneously.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of crawlers
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“Draggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draggers. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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