DRAGGERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

draggers

noun

plural of dragger

as in snails

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill

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At Carter Lake, boat inspection checkpoints are now looking for the snails in addition to other invasive species, such as zebra mussels.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Insects belong to the kingdom Animalia, along with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, octopuses, snails, jellyfish, worms, and many other groups.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of snails

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Everyone took the Meta keyword tag seriously and the practice of utilizing ‘white text on a white background’ to hide hidden keywords was a legitimate tactic that webmasters would use to include keywords in their website for search engine crawlers.

— Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
The website security provider helps companies protect against AI crawlers.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

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