Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that moves, works, or acts slowly.
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- noun US, Canada A mild
insult for a person that movesslowly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who moves slowly
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Examples
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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.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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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.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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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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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.
i'm a book-keeper's son. i don't want to shoot no one. matociquala 2009
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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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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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Weaving in and out whenever you run into a slowpoke.
Feminine Rage Gessy Alvarez 2012
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He was “special ed” throughout and famously a slowpoke.
Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010
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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.
Runners Jack Canfield 2010
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Why do we compulsively become impatient with the slowpoke in front of us?
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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