noun
- a small soft-bodied animal that typically has a spiral shell and moves very slowly
verb
- to move or act very slowly
Usage: informal
Examples
- The garden snail left a shiny trail on the sidewalk.
- She collected empty snail shells at the beach.
- Snails come out after it rains.
- The project snailed along for months without progress.
- Traffic snailed through the construction zone.
- He snailed his way through the difficult math problem.