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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That wider perspective matters, because sovereignty isn't achieved simply by dragging every service into the spare room.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
The video opens with Itami dragging a half-conscious Burke by his legs and delivering him to a young couple on a crime spree.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dragging

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The feat, says study coauthor and NSO senior scientist Friedrich Wöger, is equivalent to seeing ants crawling on Earth’s surface from an altitude of 100 miles (about 160 km).

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
If your garden has been beset by destructive crawling insects like ants, beetles, and slugs, pesticides often seem like the clear solution.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawling

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There are no shortage of issues with this club, but one that is creeping back into its clubhouse, and the franchise, is comfort.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026
The prospect of deploying fully autonomous drones on the battlefield may seem to be creeping closer.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of creeping

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Few heads turn despite her tall, unmistakable frame shuffling across the floor.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
In the Van Morrison video, people are shuffling around him, walking directly in front of or around him, some of them appear to be hustling to somewhere more urgent, some of them may be stopping for a brief glance, and then moving on.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 July 2026

Definition of shuffling

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At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful rocks — piles of lobes, stalagmites, and branches poking out from the seafloor.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Carpenter suggests applying it to vertical surfaces, or using soaked cotton balls in open glass jars (or poking holes in the lids to allow the fumes to escape).

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026

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