as in slug
a lazy person
he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison
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Noun
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
21 Nov. 2024 -
Caissie could provide some left-handed slug, but the Cubs already have five outfielders fighting for playing time.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
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Thrun also created the now-defunct aviation company Kittyhawk, and currently manages Schmidt’s secretive military drone startup, Project Eagle, which Forbes first revealed last year.—
Sarah Emerson,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Russian officials acknowledged the assault, confirming that the area had been targeted by Ukrainian drones.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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But the wall’s rough texture is expected to encourage animals like coral, crustaceans and snails to attach to it.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, predators like sea stars and snails have evolved olfactory receptors specifically tuned to detect these compounds, turning the barnacles’ defensive mechanism into a homing beacon.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes.—
Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
3 Sep. 2024
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Some people in the audience are weekend warriors, others are couch potatoes, and others are hardened survivalists.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
30 Aug. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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“Slugabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugabed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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