snails 1 of 2

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. crawlers
  3. pokes
  4. laggards
Noun
  • Watch your step for banana slugs.
    Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Watch your step for banana slugs.
    Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of slugs
Noun
  • Traditional search deploys web crawlers to pull in information that matches keywords, but AI aims to answer a question accurately, taking into account intent and context.
    Raianne Reiss, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Transcription provides crawlers with valuable content to index, potentially improving your search ranking.
    Beth Worthy, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of crawlers
Verb
  • The post had been liked more than 30,000 times, and Ted has since appeared in by his owner that pokes fun at the candid video becoming an unexpected viral sensation.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Much of Lame's content pokes fun at life hacks, which, in his view, are baloney.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of pokes
Noun
  • The worst of the stock market’s laggards this year could rebound to start 2025, according to Wolfe Research.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • While governance, transparency, and ethical AI use will set leaders apart from laggards, businesses must also push the limits of ideation and experimentation to remain competitive.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of laggards
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snail-paced

snails

snake

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