as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
quit being such a slowpoke this morning, or you'll be late
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Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
That said, not everyone agrees that letting the slowpokes who fumble with their bags in the overhead bins off first is more polite.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
From the close of 2020 to the price peak around May of 2022, our dozen locales typically gained 40% or so, an extraordinary advance in just 17 months for such traditional slowpokes.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Other cars will tend to try and go around the slowpoke, which can produce a cavalcade of potential near collisions as vehicles jockey back and forth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Those other drivers frustrated by the slow acceleration driver might get angry at the slowpoke and take untoward actions at that driver.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
That said, not everyone agrees that letting the slowpokes who fumble with their bags in the overhead bins off first is more polite.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
From the close of 2020 to the price peak around May of 2022, our dozen locales typically gained 40% or so, an extraordinary advance in just 17 months for such traditional slowpokes.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
This bashful slowpoke has been a favorite of consumers for years, though, because looks and power, apparently, aren’t everything.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Part of adjusting to the chaotic aquatic environment is learning the code of how to swim around the slowpoke in front of you.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Other cars will tend to try and go around the slowpoke, which can produce a cavalcade of potential near collisions as vehicles jockey back and forth.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Those other drivers frustrated by the slow acceleration driver might get angry at the slowpoke and take untoward actions at that driver.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 May 2021
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“Slowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowpoke. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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