as in slugs
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 crawls
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 snails
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Sturdy cloches can keep slugs, snails, and many other pests from feeding on veggies, herbs, and flowers.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
According to experts, possums learned to eat snails, and this behavior was widespread in mountain habitats where the possum’s preferred foods were scarce.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Matt Horton, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission program coordinator, says 36 aquatic nuisance species have been documented in Arkansas, including plants, fish, mussels, snails and other types of organisms.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
In each one, snails and hermit crabs help keep it free of algae.
—Greg Allen, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Mudflats and tidal flats in Korea are home to a wide variety of clams, crabs, octopuses, and snails, which can be harvested.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
This will reduce the number of snails and other pests that overwinter nearby and feed on your plants in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Sturdy cloches can keep slugs, snails, and many other pests from feeding on veggies, herbs, and flowers.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
According to experts, possums learned to eat snails, and this behavior was widespread in mountain habitats where the possum’s preferred foods were scarce.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Matt Horton, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission program coordinator, says 36 aquatic nuisance species have been documented in Arkansas, including plants, fish, mussels, snails and other types of organisms.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
In each one, snails and hermit crabs help keep it free of algae.
—Greg Allen, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Mudflats and tidal flats in Korea are home to a wide variety of clams, crabs, octopuses, and snails, which can be harvested.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snails
Noun
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Daylilies are sometimes plagued by pests like thrips, slugs, aphids, Japanese beetles, and spider mites.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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There are swift, serpentine vines dexterous enough to snatch Dek’s supplies; combustible little slugs that detonate like grenades when triggered; and exotic flowers that swell up and squirt paralyzing darts when something approaches.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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What to do if the -- if the original guy crawls out of his grave and wants his job back.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Oct. 2025
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When a storm crawls, rainfall piles up over the same towns for days.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Its companions are four Russian mobsters — stragglers from the previous season — laying on their stomachs with their necks outstretched over the rail.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His speech comes as Miami-Dade has become a political pawn as the shutdown drags on.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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The longer the shutdown drags on, the more likely disruptions become.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The larvae are voracious and consume many aphids and scale crawlers during this stage of development, MSU said.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Try ones shaped like pumpkins, skulls, or spiders and other creepy crawlers.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meyers will continue being a name to watch as the deadline creeps closer.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Japanese influence creeps in again with a matcha white chocolate chip cookie.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The neck of his daughter's guitar pokes out above chunks of concrete.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Who else pokes holes in this claim?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The financial reports next week will decide who are the winners and who are the laggards going forward.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Snails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snails. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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