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
Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Some swimming snails have lost their protective shells (more like swimming slugs), while others retain them.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
That includes September’s Aloha Festivals, celebrating Hawaiian traditions, and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Now the company has hundreds of preorders from customers looking to use the machines for various applications, including assembling electronics and even processing snails to be shipped to France for escargot, reported Tech Crunch.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The subject of snails stemmed from Mercier’s long fascination with history and time — snails like alligators predate back to 500 million years ago with the only thing changing are their sizes.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
There are as many as 9000 genes that seem to be involved in regenerating an amputated eye in the snails, reducing down to 1,175 genes by the 28th day of the process, so complete maturation of the new eyes might take longer.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
That is because Ned’s shell spirals left, while almost all other snails have right spiraling shells.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.
—Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Some swimming snails have lost their protective shells (more like swimming slugs), while others retain them.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
That includes September’s Aloha Festivals, celebrating Hawaiian traditions, and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Now the company has hundreds of preorders from customers looking to use the machines for various applications, including assembling electronics and even processing snails to be shipped to France for escargot, reported Tech Crunch.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The subject of snails stemmed from Mercier’s long fascination with history and time — snails like alligators predate back to 500 million years ago with the only thing changing are their sizes.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
There are as many as 9000 genes that seem to be involved in regenerating an amputated eye in the snails, reducing down to 1,175 genes by the 28th day of the process, so complete maturation of the new eyes might take longer.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
That is because Ned’s shell spirals left, while almost all other snails have right spiraling shells.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snails
Noun
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Snails can look like little elephants, slugs can look like fish, and worms can look like swimming chandeliers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Gameplay begins as the player crawls from the wreckage.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Weakened stragglers were shot or simply collapsed and died on the road.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Migration typically peaks in September, but stragglers may still pass through in October depending on the region.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the shutdown drags on for more than a few days, a report on inflation scheduled for mid-October could also be delayed.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a letter to agencies last week, the budget office instructed them to prepare for possible layoffs if the impasse drags on.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Although the crawlers are more common in the western half of the state, they can be found in every county in Tennessee with the possible exception of a few extreme eastern counties.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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The company was supposed to have blocked crawlers from Google harvesting Claude chats, but hundreds of conversations were found with some simple searches.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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Employees notice the waves of shiny experiments that come and go (with no momentum), and cynicism creeps in.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a pair of promos shared to social media on Monday in support of her upcoming 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl (out Friday), the singer pokes some major fun at herself.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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The trailer for Season 6 of Solar Opposites, released today, pokes fun of the show’s imminent end.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Through it all, there were clear winners and laggards in the third quarter — a diverse group spanning Big Tech to industrials.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The gap between leaders and laggards is growing fast.—
Kevin Pierce,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Snails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snails. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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