slowcoachnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsləʊ.kəʊtʃ/us/ˈsloʊ.koʊtʃ/UK US slowpoke informalsomeone, especially a child, who is walking or doing something too slowly:
[ as form of address ] Come on, slowcoach, we don't have all day you know!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- mill
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- straggle
- struggle
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