SNAILING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

snailing

verb

present participle of snail

as in dragging

to move slowly the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles

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The European Space Agency’s ClearSpace-1, planned for 2029, tackles the harder case by capturing the unprepared, noncooperative Proba-1 satellite and dragging it down to burn up.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Lebanon's top political leadership criticized Hezbollah for dragging the country into another war, but also condemned Israel for its widespread bombing and ground invasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of dragging

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The only person who isn’t happy to see a trash panda crawling into her home is Kesha, who posted a video of herself trying to keep out a raccoon.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026
One thing that Antetokounmpo doesn’t like about South Florida, though, are the iguanas crawling around.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of crawling

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The surge in short interest coincides with a decidedly bearish sentiment creeping into what had been a relentlessly bullish AI trade.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Cameron doesn't waste a second of that time, however, establishing characters (see above), introducing Newt, showing off the geography of the Hadley's Hope terraforming base, and building a creeping sense of dread.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of creeping

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Pre-shot routines such as Patrick Cantlay’s foot-shuffling and Brian Harman’s waggles have driven golf fans up a wall.

— Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Far more than an administrative exercise or paper-shuffling task, effective onboarding has the potential to lay the foundation for not only a successful hire, but for a mutually satisfying employment tenure.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of shuffling

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Instead, her dad looks under the table and sees a jumble of limbs with Chastain’s smiling face poking out at him.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026
This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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