Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Informal One that moves, works, or acts slowly.
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- n. A mild insult for a person that moves slowly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. someone who moves slowly
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, I got my mile time down a minute from December (to 10: 57 -- yes, I'm a slowpoke) and my mile and a half down to to 16: 49.
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The 'transonic' stage of a 7mm Weatherby is at about 1400 yards, a 30-06 at about 1200 yards, and my old slowpoke .35 Whelen is at 700 yards.
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“Move your ass, then, slowpoke,” he said, kicked the bike into life, and charged down the sloping ravine toward the maglev train.
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Speculation only, but I'd bet Sam was in a rush and simply did not have time to wait for the slowpoke commoner in front of him, so hit the gas and pass the peon ... oops ...
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Weaving in and out whenever you run into a slowpoke.
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He was “special ed” throughout and famously a slowpoke.
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I knew that such an endeavor would be treacherous for me, a former slowpoke with very little running experience, but I made up my mind to take on the challenge.
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Why do we compulsively become impatient with the slowpoke in front of us?
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I'd rather see a movie about speedy's cousin, slowpoke rodriquez.
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If you can't well savor and explore, say, Fable II for more than a few weeks before you start to feel nervous, like a game-challenged slowpoke, once the internet zeitgeist has moved on to the next big thing?
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