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Meanings of
slowcoach
in English
Catalan
cançoner
Spanish
simplón
Back to the meaning
Someone who moves slowly.
plodder
slowpoke
stick-in-the-mud
Catalan
cançoner
Synonyms
Examples for "
plodder
"
plodder
slowpoke
stick-in-the-mud
Examples for "
plodder
"
1
He was what you might call a
plodder
-
you
might
call him that.
2
There's nothing brilliant about me, dear-I'ma
plodder
,
feeling my way along.
3
I couldn't see a flat-cap so I approached the nearest
plodder
.
4
Nevertheless, he was himself no
plodder
when plodding had ceased to be necessary.
5
I realize this portrays you as the romantic figure and me as the
plodder
.
1
The
slowpoke
cast a furtive glance at the nearby entrance door.
2
But first they have to get the little
slowpoke
up here.
3
In fact, it's going to be us
slowpoke
humans who really slow the process down.
4
I waited for her to call me
"
slowpoke
"
or "snail face" or something.
5
You rise from the monitor with a reckless, risky plan already congealing in your
slowpoke
brain.
1
But what do those
stick
-
in
-
the
-
mud
,
living people know about modern convenience, huh?
2
Oh, you are getting to be an old man, you
stick
-
in
-
the
-
mud
.
3
Even
stick
-
in
-
the
-
mud
lawyer Portia Bellefleur was peeking around her conservative beau to study Mickey.
4
I was once a
stick
-
in
-
the
-
mud
Halloween refusenik.
5
Naomi and Ginny exchanged the sort of glances which culinary sophisticates exchange in the presence of
stick
-
in
-
the
-
mud
louts.
Usage of
slowcoach
in English
1
I am an old
slowcoach
,
and your scheme makes me tremble.
2
Ferreting is a business generally transacted without hustle, and the keeper was a noted
slowcoach
.
3
What is more, it made Chris Tavaré up the other end look a bit of a
slowcoach
.
4
Come on,
slowcoach
,
get moving, can't you?
5
But in this new family animation Turbo, we see an evolutionary process in Hollywood's sentimental admiration for the
slowcoach
underdog.
6
According to the official standard, though, the 07.29
slowcoach
was only late 73% of the time.
7
There was a kinsman of his, also named Thorbjorn, called
Slowcoach
.
8
Thorbjorn
Slowcoach
was there and many things were talked about.
9
Thorbjorn
Slowcoach
had arranged to travel in the same vessel without knowing that Grettir would be in her.
10
"I shall be angry if the old
slowcoach
is late," said another.
11
As such, it would be wise for quick-to-anger
slowcoaches
to restrict their social media exposure on GoT night.
12
Then Thorbjorn
Slowcoach
said: What I saw of Grettir's fighting was not famous; and he seemed inclined to shirk when we came up.
13
'Where are you, you woolly-footed
slowcoach
?
14
Mr. Pucker was immensely relieved at this news, and at once went to Mr.
Slowcoach
,
who, after an examination of twenty minutes, passed him.
15
I prophesy,
Slowcoach
,
that you will not die of the smoke from the hearth, and yet perhaps you will not die of old age either.
16
'Hurry,
slowcoach
!
'
Mrs Comb fluttered from rock to rock, while Pithecanthropus waded against the tea-tinted current over the clattery dinner plates.
Other examples for "slowcoach"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
old slowcoach
foot slowcoach
note slowcoach
slowcoach underdog
Translations for
slowcoach
Catalan
cançoner
maimó
ganso
tortuga
tocatardà
Spanish
simplón
parado
torpe
lentorro
Slowcoach
through the time