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
Henri Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Then shop this eye cream from Cosrx’s ultra-popular skincare formulated with snail mucin.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 7 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
But times have changed, and the snail now lives
in a single-dwelling unit
with pillows and lamps.
—Henri Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Then shop this eye cream from Cosrx’s ultra-popular skincare formulated with snail mucin.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 7 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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These larvae then either bore into or are eaten by slugs or snails.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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Red-eared slider turtles may chow down on earthworms, snails, slugs and leafy greens, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Steelers have shown little urgency, both before free agency and now as the Rodgers saga drags on, to sign Wilson.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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JPMorgan analysts expect Tesla’s woes to continue, predicting the company’s weakest quarter for car deliveries since 2022 as Elon Musk’s divisive role in the Trump Administration drags on the EV maker’s performance.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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According to an investigation by NewsGuard, Pravda has systematically infiltrated the data that artificial intelligence models use to generate responses, saturating search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin articles and talking points.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Travel back in time on the internet with the help of archives After entering a URL into the Wayback Machine, a user can see all the times the archive’s crawlers have saved the site and can then choose a timestamp to visit.—
Matthew Kaufman,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In 1504, Christopher Columbus, on his fourth trans-Atlantic voyage, was stranded on the shores of Jamaica, with his ships crawling with marine worms and his crew hungry.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
9 Mar. 2025
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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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Prices have crept upwards, a strategy also reflected in its sister brands COS and Arket who are edging towards what can only be described as ‘mid-tier luxury’ high street - no longer shy about four-figure price tags on coats.—
Zoe Bayliss Wong,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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After 1850, carbon dioxide levels crept up slowly at first and then rapidly accelerated.—
Paul Bierman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The eye poke left Muhammad unable to continue, and the fight was ruled a no contest.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This occurs as bright points of light appear when sunlight pokes through valleys and mountain ridges on the moon, just before or after the period of totality.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As a result, Cognizant slipped from a best-in-class player in organic growth (compound annual growth rate of over 10%, firmly in the top quartile) to an industry laggard.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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As businesses and policymakers navigate this landscape, the decisions made today will determine whether Europe creates a thriving, inclusive AI economy or allows a concerning gap to widen between AI leaders and laggards.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Snail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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