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/ˈsloʊˌpoʊk/ · noun
(US, Canada, informal, mildly derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something..
Hey, you slowpokes in the back! Get a move on!
"Yas'm," said Prissy and, turning, sauntered down the walk at snail's gait. "Hurry, you slow poke!"
Some cooks are diddlers and slowpokes. Some are efficient speed demons.
Use slowpoke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slowpoke means (US, Canada, informal, mildly derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something..
Common synonyms include plodder, sluggard, slowcoach, stick-in-the-mud.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hey, you slowpokes in the back! Get a move on!
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