as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
quit being such a slowpoke this morning, or you'll be late
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Recent Examples of slowpoke
Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowpoke
snail
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Chitons belong to the class Polyplacophora, a group of marine mollusks — distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses — distinguished by a series of overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Chitons are distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses, distinguished by overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Slowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowpoke. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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