Dictionary

slowpoke en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsloʊˌpoʊk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From slow + poke.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, derogatory, informal, mildly) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
   • Some cooks are diddlers and slowpokes. Some are efficient speed demons. 1990, Helen Nearing, Simple Food for the Good Life: Random Acts of Cooking and Pithy Quotations, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN:
   • 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!" 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

plodder · slowcoach · sluggard

Translations (26)

pl guzdrała (person who moves slowly) · sv sölkorv (person who moves slowly) · ru тормоз (person who moves slowly) · de Trödler (person who moves slowly) · nb treigost (person who moves slowly) · fi vätys (person who moves slowly) · sv slöfock (person who moves slowly) · haw lelemu (person who moves slowly) · cy llusgwr (person who moves slowly) · pl maruda (person who moves slowly) · pl maruder (person who moves slowly) · be мару́да (person who moves slowly) · nb treigost (person who moves slowly) · pl grzebuła (person who moves slowly) · cy malwod (person who moves slowly) · fr lambin (person who moves slowly) · fr escargot (person who moves slowly) · nl slome (person who moves slowly) · ru копуша (person who moves slowly) · nb tregost (person who moves slowly) · fi hidastelija (person who moves slowly) · pl ślamazara (person who moves slowly) · de Trödlerin (person who moves slowly) · nb tregost (person who moves slowly) · la cunctātor (person who moves slowly) · pl ślamazarnik (person who moves slowly)