Reverse Dictionary: SLOW

ADJECTIVES
► AFTERNOON late in performing any work, procrastinating; dilatory, slow → 1750 Eng. dial.
► BALLOCH slow, reluctant → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAVING slow, sluggish → 1898 Eng. dial.
► CUNCTATIVE cautiously slow, tardy, dilatory, prone to or causing delay → 1617
► DACKLING slow, dilatory → 1808 Sc.
► DAISKET stupid, dazed, slow → 1880 Sc.
► DAWLIE slow; slovenly → 1832 Sc.
► DOGGY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DOZEY dull, slow → World War I Amer. sl.
► DRAG-ASSED slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRAGGY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DUMMEL stupid, foolish; slow, sluggish → 1790 Eng. dial.
► EASY slow, easy-going; indolent → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAIR soft; slow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GLUE-FOOTED slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HARD-BOUND slow in action → 1735
► IGNAVE slow, sluggish → 1657 obs.
► LACKISH slow, backward, reluctant to act → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG lingering or lagging behind; tardy, sluggish, slow, backward → 1726 Sc.
► LAG-FOOT slow in passing → 1892 Ireland
► LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow → 1702
► LAGGIE slow, tardy; lazy → 1897 Sc.
► LAGGING slow-moving, loitering → 1898 Sc.
► LAGGY slow, tardy, lazy, lethargic → 1897 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAISH slow, slack, tardy → 1700 Sc. obs.
► LAME slow-footed, laggard; clumsy → 1790 Sc.
► LAMELY slow, halting → 1885 Sc.
► LANGERSUM slow, tedious → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAPSY lazy, slow; indifferent → 1872 Eng. dial.
► LATAFOOT slow in moving, slow of foot → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LATCHIE ► LATCHY slow, sluggish, tardy, dilatory → 1922 Sc.
► LATELY slow → c1400 obs.
► LATESOME slow, sluggish → 1425
​► LATEWARD late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → 1538 obs.
► LATEWARDLY late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → 1573 obs. rare
► LATREDE slow, tardy → c897 obs.
► LAZYBONE slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEAD-FOOT slow and laborious in movement → 1896 
► LEAD-FOOTED clumsy, bungling, slow → 1957 Amer. sl.
► LEMSE stiff or halting in one’s movements, slow, sluggish, sloppy → 1928 Sc.
► LENT slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever → a1400 obs.
► LENTITUDINOUS slow, tardy, sluggish → 1801
► LETSOME slow, tardy, sluggish → 1647 obs.
► LIMPSY lethargic, slow → 1869 Amer. dial.
► LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish → 1848 Amer. dial.
► LONGSOME tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish → 1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.  
► LUGGISH slow, heavy, sluggish → 1933 Amer. dial.
► LUMBER-HEELED slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MARBEL slow, lazy, reluctant → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable → 1968
► MOGER slow-moving → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MONDAY AND TUESDAY slow, steady, careful → 1950s sl.
► MOPEY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOSSBACKED slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POKEY ► POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish → 1828 chiefly Amer.
► QUICK AS A BEETLE very slow → 1888
► SAUNTERSOME slow, leisurely, unhurried → 1912 Sc.
► SLOW AS ADAM’S OFF-OX extremely slow → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SLOW AS A GOPHER, AS very slow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW AS CREEPING PARALYSIS very slow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SLOW AS DEATH slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW AS OLD JOB’S TURKEY very slow → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SLOW AS SLOW slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW AS THE ITCH very slow → 1952 Amer. dial.
► SLOW AS THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SLOW-BELLIED moving slowly → 1554
► SLOWER THAN A HOP TOAD IN HOT TAR very slow → 1946 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SLOWER THAN A JILL-POKE extremely slow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SLOWER THAN DEATH slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOWER THAN GOD’S OFF OX very slow→ 1958 Amer. dial.
► SLOWER THAN STOCK-STILL extremely slow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SLOWER THAN THE ITCH very slow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SLOWER THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SLOWFUL slow, sluggish, slothful, lazy → 1400
► SLOW-POKY slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW-SIGHTED slow to discern → 1895 (Bk.)
► SLOW-SURE slow and sure → 1837 poetic usage
► STICK-IN-THE-MUD slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAIGLE slow of motion → 1880 Sc. (Bk.)
► TARDE slow → 1547 obs.
► TARDIGRADE walking or moving slowly; slow-paced → 1623
► TARDIGRADOUS moving slowly → 1658
► TARDILOQUENT speaking slowly; slow of speech → 1656 obs.
► TARDIOUS tardy, slow → c1580 obs.
► TARDY-GAITED moving slowly, slow-paced, sluggish → 1599
► TARRYSOME characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome → 1513 Sc. obs.
► THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable → 1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THICK IN THE HEAD stupid, dull, slow of comprehension → 1871 Sc.
► THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull → 1682 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIME-TAKING that takes time, leisurely, slow → 1838
► TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH ► TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TOO SLOW TO GROW FAST slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► UNBAIN slow, inactive → a1470 obs.
► UNBOLD lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow → c897 obs.
► UNRIFE slow, sluggish → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► UNSPEEDY slow, sluggish → 1615
► WAGONISH slow → L19 US sl.

ADVERBS
► AT A SNAIL’S GALLOP slowly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BY SMALL AND SMALL gradually, slowly; by degrees → 1558 arch.
► DEAD-ALIVE extremely slowly → 1971 Trinidad and Tobago
► DEAD SLOW slowly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EASILY without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly → 1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HEAVY with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously → 1701
► JOG-TROTTY slowly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner → 1835 Sc.
► LATE slowly → c1000 obs.
► LATELY slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly → c1000 obs.
► LATTER more slowly → c1050 obs.
► LENTLY slowly → 1654-66 obs.
► LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF of a person’s manner of action: slowly, lethargically → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MAN-MAN slowly, gradually, little by little → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► SLOW-POKY slowly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TARDE slowly → 1597 obs.
► THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOOMLY in a leisurely way; somewhat slowly; without haste → 1540 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YALTIE slowly → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► CREEP slow or stealthy motion → 1818
► FADGE a slow regular motion; a jog-trot → 1873 Eng. dial.
► FID-FAD a slow pace → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IGNAVY sluggishness, slowness, sloth → 1543 obs.
► LATENESS slowness → c1050 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LATESHIP slowness, sluggishness → a1300 obs.
► LEATHER MEDAL a derisive term for the reward of stupidity, slowness, or badness → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LENT slowness, delay → c1435 obs.
► LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness → 1623
► LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness → a1763
► LOGINESS slowness, lethargy → 1884 Amer. dial.
► NIGGER FEVER a moving about slowly and without energy → 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
► NOSE-PICKING SPEED an extremely slow pace → 1986 US sl.
► POKINESS dullness, slowness → 1886 US
► SNAIL’S GALLOP an extremely slow pace → 1707
► SULLENNESS slowness, reluctance → 1619 obs.
► TARDITY slowness of movement or action → c1450
► TEDIOUSNESS slowness → 1900 Eng. dial.
► TIME WARP a blank, and inordinate rapidity or slowness; a blatant discontinuity; a seeming anachronism or some other anomaly of time → 1954 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADAM’S OFF-OX a slow, stubborn person → L19 sl.
► AIRBALL a slow, dim, eccentric, or unpleasant person → 2004 US sl. (Bk.)
► BATIE-BRIM a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BATIE-BRIMMIL a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DILLY-DAW one who is both slovenly and slow → 1814 Sc. obs.
► DINK an intellectually slow or foolish person → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DODE a slow person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DODGER a slow, easygoing person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
​► DROOL a slow or slothful person → E19 Sc.
► EVEN a character, always used in a bad sense; a dull, slow, stupid person → 1885 Eng. dial.
► HABBLE one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits → 1821 Sc.
► HANGNAIL a slow, dawdling person → 2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘snail’ (Bk.)
► ICE WAGON a slow-moving person or vehicle → L19 US sl.
► JACK POKE a listless or slow person → 1942 Amer. sl.
► JARHEAD a fool; a slow, stupid person → 1940s sl.
► JILL POKE a slow, listless, or awkward person → 1942 Amer. dial.
► JUGHEAD a slow or stupid person → 1926 Amer. dial.
► LAGGINBACK a lazy, idle, slow-moving person → 1859 Eng. dial.
► LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LALLYGAGGER a very slow person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LANTY one who is late; a slowcoach → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIDNIGHT a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLASSES a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOOTCH a slow, stupid person → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► MOOZLES a slow, stupid, slovenly person → 1847 Eng. dial.
► MOPOKE a stupid, ineffectual, or tiresome person; a slow or lugubrious person; a fool; often used as a term of abuse → 1845 chiefly Aust.
► MOREPORK a dawdler; a slowcoach; a stay-at-home → 1874 NZ colloq.
► MR. SLOWCOME a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MUTTON-HEAD a slow, stupid fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NOSE-PICKING SPEED an extremely slow pace → 1986 US naval aviator usage
► OLD STICK a slow, stupid person → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PAAT-POKE a very slow person → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PALIE a lethargic, slow-moving, sluggish person; a feeble weakling → 1825 Sc. 
► PAULIE ► PAWLIE a slow, inactive person; a feeble, inanimate person → 1825 Sc.  
► PIE-FACE a slow, stupid person → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POKE a slow or lazy animal; a stupid, boring, slow, or plodding person; a lazy person; a dawdler; a bore; a worthless fellow → 1844 Amer. dial. 
► POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person → 1909 Amer dial.
► POKIE a person or vehicle that travels slowly → 1980 sl.
► PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce → 1775 Amer.
► SANNOCK a fanciful, dainty person; one who is slow and undecided, or namby-pamby → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAUNTER-POKE one of slow habits → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIDITHERUM a creeping, slow-motioned person → 1855 Eng. dial. obs.
► SLEEPING JESUS a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLEEPY a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOWBULL a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SNAIL a very slow person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STEP-AND-FETCH-IT a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing → 1824
► TARD someone who is moving or acting slowly → 2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. (Bk.)
► TARDIGRADE a slow goer → 1647 obs.
► TARTLE a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARTLER a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARTLES a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THARF-COMER one who comes slowly and reluctantly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TURKEY a stupid, slow, inept, or worthless person → 1951 US sl.
► WEARY ANN a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEARY WILLY a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WOMBAT a person who is slow-moving → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► ALL BY LEEGERS at leisure, slowly → 1888 Eng. dial.
► ASAP as slowly as possible → 2002 Can. sl.
► COULDN’T RUN GUTS FOR A SLOW BUTCHER very slow, stupid → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy → 1960 US sl.
► DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy → 1960 US sl.
► FIDDLING AND FADDLING doing anything in a slow, unskilful manner → 1893 Eng. dial.
► HE COULDN’T RUN GUTS FOR A SLOW BUTCHER said of a very slow, stupid person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE to be inactive, slow, or lethargic → c1960 Amer. dial.
► ASS ALONG to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH A COLD to be extremely slow → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH to be extremely slow → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH to be extremely slow → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly → 1775 Amer. dial.
► BROWSE to move slowly and without energy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUG ALONG to move about slowly and without energy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUMBLE ALONG to move slowly or awkwardly along one’s way → 1898
► CAG to crawl, to move slowly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHUG to move along, esp. slowly and laboriously → 1900 US sl.
► COME A-POLING to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter → 1673 colloq., later Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter → 1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DOBB ALONG to move along slowly → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DOG IT 1. to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2. to go slowly on purpose; to remain on schedule → 1970 US railroad sl. (Bk.)
► DRAG ANCHOR to move slowly; to dawdle; to drift mentally; to do less than one’s best → 1923 Amer. sl.
► DRAG IT to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRAG ONE’S FREIGHT to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRAG THE ANCHOR to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRAG THE CHAIN to be slow to perform some task, to lag behind → 1912 Aust. sl.
► DRIFT to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy → 1851 Eng. dial.
► DRINGLE to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly → c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DRUMBLE to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement → 1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DRUTTLE to be slow in motion, to make little progress in walking → 19C Sc.
► DUBB ALONG to move along slowly → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FART ALONG to do something very slowly or without conviction → 1998 US sl.
► FIDFAD to go slowly; to waste time; to fuss, to trifle, to potter about → 1875 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIDGE-FADGE to go along slowly, sluggishly, at a pace between walking and running → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GET NO PLACE FAST to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GO A-POLING to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GO AT A SNAIL’S GALLOP to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE LEAD IN ONE’S BRITCHES to move slowly and without energy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► INCH to move slowly; to encroach → 1690 sl.
► KAG to crawl, to move slowly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KITE to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LATCH to be slow or dilatory; to dawdle, to loiter, to procrastinate → 1825 Sc.
► LEPP to move about slowly, sluggishly, or aimlessly; to saunter; to hang around → 1908 Sc.
► LOP ABOUT ► LOP AROUND ► LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle → 1882 Amer. dial.
► MOG ► MOG ALONG ► MOGG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart → 1890 Amer. dial.
► MOGEY to move slowly and without energy → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOGLE to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly → 1892 Amer. dial.
► MOOCH to move slowly or apathetically; to idle about, to loaf → 1927 Amer. dial.
► MOOTCH to move about slowly and meaninglessly → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► MOPE to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOSEY ALONG ► MOSY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MUDGE ► MUDGE ALONG to move from one’s place; to budge; to move slowly → 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OOZE to move slowly, carefully, and without enthusiasm → 1929 US sl.
► OOZLE to move slowly or lazily → 1934 Aust. & NZ 
► PAD THE ROAD to go on foot; to move or travel slowly → 1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread → 1847 Eng. dial.
► PLUG ALONG to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PODGE to move slowly, to plod → 1904 Amer. dial.
► POKE to potter about; to move or work in a desultory, ineffective, or dawdling way; to be slow → 1811
► POKE-EASY to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUDGE to move slowly, to plod → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl → 1747 Eng. dial.
► SHACK to amble along; to go at a slow trot → 1833 Amer. dial.
► SHAMMICK ► SHAMMOCK ► SHAMMUCK ► SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly → 1913 Amer. dial.
► SLOW-POKE to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLUFF ALONG to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STEP AND FETCH IT to be slow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TICK OVER to idle; to barely run; to operate very slowly → 1916 US sl.
► WALK AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly → 1827
► WANDLE ► WANNEL to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step → 1686 Eng. dial.