escargot — meaning in English
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English meaning
- escargot noun A dish of cooked edible snails, typically served in the shell with garlic butter, associated with French cuisine.
- slowpoke noun Someone who moves or acts unusually slowly, often to the annoyance of others.
- snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.
Senses
escargot is used for these senses in English:
- escargot (uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
- slowpoke (US, Canada, informal, mildly, derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
- snail Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- snail (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.