as in slug
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
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as in to drag
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Recent Examples of snail
Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
Although the scent of mint is deeply appealing to most human noses, many pests don’t like the smell or taste of mint – including slugs and snails.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Anthony Demarco,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Could snail slime and salmon sperm be the next big things in skincare?
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Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Several locals pointed me toward Les Huitres de Trousse-Chemise, a producer on the northern end of the island, where 19 euros will get you a gorgeous spread of oysters, shrimp, bulots (sea snails), and palourde (clams), adorned with nothing but lemon slices and housemade mayo.
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Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
Although the scent of mint is deeply appealing to most human noses, many pests don’t like the smell or taste of mint – including slugs and snails.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
Verb
The two perpetual calendar counters are also snailed, except for the central section of the one located at 9 o'clock.
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Could snail slime and salmon sperm be the next big things in skincare?
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Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail
Noun
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A lot of good at-bats, some slug in there, some timely hitting.
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Remove them by hand picking them off the fronds, or use iron phosphate slug bait around the base of the fern.
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As the conflict in the Middle East has dragged on, pressure has been building on Capitol Hill to intervene.
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In an unprecedented moved in May, Lebanon filed a formal complaint against Iran at the United Nations Security Council, directly accusing Tehran of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations for interfering in its sovereign decisions and dragging the country into war.
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This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.
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Sourcing marketers are focusing heavily on semantic modeling—ensuring their product catalogs, material certifications and white papers are clean, structured and easily digestible for AI crawlers.
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As pests crawl through it, its jagged edges scrape their exoskeletons, dehydrating and killing them.
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For cybersecurity companies, identifying a digital agent crawling a website used to be enough evidence of malicious activity.
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Sale prices currently start from $579 per person, but there’s limited availability due to the size of the ships, so don’t be a slowpoke!
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Instead, the problem is that these slowpokes haven’t been nearly as efficient.
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As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.
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For my microgeneration, the disillusionment crept in with the savage failure of the Iraq War.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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“Snail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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