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noun

Definition of snailsnext
plural of snail
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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snails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snail
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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  1. slugs
  2. pokes
  3. laggards
Noun
  • But for a scientific team who found a remarkable creature, literally beyond the depths of where conventional slugs dwell, the line becomes quite a compliment.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The are instead far more interested in machines and well…slugs.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of slugs
Verb
  • The logic sounds airtight until the market pokes holes in it.
    John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Elsewhere in the promos, Thompson pokes fun at his long tenure.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of pokes
Noun
  • Its European brands offer a variety of EVs, but its more profitable North American Ram and Jeep brands are laggards.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Supply Chains Supply chains are laggards in AI adoption because most AI projects are taken on without an appropriate level of change management.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of laggards
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snails

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