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
Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025
Salmon sperm facials are much newer to the scene than snail mucin.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
Lacey Muinos, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
Davison and the scientists bred the lefty snails together, and over three years, nearly 15,000 eggs were hatched from four generations of snails, including Jeremy.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 June 2020
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Noun
This section of trail required rock scrambling, squeezing myself through small spaces, and crawling at a snail’s pace due to the relentless elevation gain.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025
Salmon sperm facials are much newer to the scene than snail mucin.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
What can snail mucin do for your skin?
—Lacey Muinos, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
Davison and the scientists bred the lefty snails together, and over three years, nearly 15,000 eggs were hatched from four generations of snails, including Jeremy.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail
Noun
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In some cases, coffee grounds might even deter slugs from visiting your plants when used as a soil top layer.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 May 2025
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Singles have replaced slug as the standard operating procedure for a lineup that’s struck just 19 home runs.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Andre needs some help The Brazil international midfielder dragged himself from the field near the end on Saturday, with Pereira later allaying any fears about an injury.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Gunther dragged Cole into the ring and pushed him around and out of the ring.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Update your website's robots.txt file to explicitly allow access to legitimate AI crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot and Google's AI systems, while still blocking problematic scrapers.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Brands and retailers’ offerings are ingested by OpenAI’s technology so long as they aren’t opted out of its search crawler, OAI-SearchBot.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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When the window broke, the bear crawled out safely and returned to the woods.—
Shyla Watson,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Inspectors saw one rat crawling from the top equipment shelf in an unapproved back dry storage area onto the roof, and another rat on an electrical line behind a two-door household freezer/refrigerator in the same dry storage area.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Verb
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However, a new poll shows his approval rating among this demographic may be creeping up again.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Listen to this article A 32-year-old woman got the scare of her life when a stranger crept up behind her and tried to shoot her in the back of the head in a random execution attempt on a Bronx street, video obtained by the Daily News shows.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
Verb
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During that same April 5 episode, Weekend Update’s Colin Jost poked fun at the singer in a bit about the economy.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 May 2025
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The contest did not last long as Edwards poked Muhammad in the eye 18 seconds into the second round.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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The laggard for the week has been the Dow Jones Industrial Average.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Consumer discretionary also struggled, with Tesla , Starbucks , Chipotle , Nike , and Amazon among the notable laggards.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
5 May 2025
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“Snail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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