turtle-crawl: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Internationalinformalcolloquial
    • A very slow pace of movement, especially through traffic, a crowd, or along a route.

    Examples

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    • During rush hour, the traffic turtle-crawled through downtown, frustrating everyone in their cars.

      Durante la hora pico, el tráfico avanzaba a paso de tortuga por el centro, frustrando a todos en sus autos.

    • We had to turtle-crawl along the highway after the accident blocked two lanes.

      Tuvimos que avanzar lentamente por la autopista después de que el accidente bloqueara dos carriles.

    • The crowd turtle-crawled forward as the concert venue slowly filled up.

      La multitud avanzaba muy despacio mientras el lugar del concierto se llenaba lentamente.

  • 2.

    Internationalinformalcolloquial
    • To move along extremely slowly; to proceed at a sluggish, incremental speed.

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    • I hate how my computer turtle-crawls when loading large files; it’s so frustrating.

      Odio cómo mi computadora avanza lentamente al cargar archivos grandes; es muy frustrante.

    • The project turtle-crawled along because of constant delays and lack of resources.

      El proyecto avanzaba muy despacio debido a retrasos constantes y falta de recursos.

    • If you turtle-crawl through your tasks, you’ll never meet the deadline.

      Si avanzas lentamente con tus tareas, nunca cumplirás con la fecha límite.

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