slowcoach

slow·coach

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sloh-kohch]
- /ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃ/
- /ˈsləʊ.kəʊtʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sloh-kohch]
- /ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃ/

Definitions of slowcoach word

noun slowcoach a slowpoke. 1
noun slowcoach a person who moves, acts, or works slowly 0

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Origin of slowcoach

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; slow + coach

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Parts of speech for Slowcoach

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slowcoach

slowcoach popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for slowcoach

noun slowcoach

dawdler — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.

All 2 Synonyms of slowcoach