Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
snail
IPA transcription: [sn'eɪl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
snail
Meaning:
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
snail
Meaning:
gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
Usage examples
"What snail?"
"Don't you recognize me?" said the Snail.
Only we need not walk at a snail's' pace.'
Here, take them, little Snail, and give them to my good Fairy."
"Answer me quickly, pretty Snail, where have you left my Fairy?
Not but what that snail might as well have come upon anybody else's plate as hers."
The Snail, much against her usual habit, began to run like a lizard under a summer sun.
At all these questions, tumbling out one after another, the Snail answered, calm as ever:
The Snail, and other one-shelled molluscs, poke their heads out of the shell when feeding or moving.
On went the boat at Netteke's best speed, which seemed no better than a snail's pace to the fleeing family.