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snail trail

snail trail noun: a trail of snail slime, left behind by a snail as it slithers.

Noun

snail trail (plural snail trails)

  1. A trail of snail slime, left behind by a snail as it slithers.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A streak of vaginal lubrication (or discharge) left behind on a surface.
    • Once I even touched myself and left a snail trail on her washcloth.2012 August 7, Maxine Swann, The Foreigners, Penguin, →ISBN, page 229
    • Nads spent Christmas day riding her mighty Sybian hobby horse, and left a snail trail everywhere.2019 December 30, Checkmate, “It's that time of the year again, kooks!”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet)
  3. (slang) Synonym of treasure trail.
    • Britney Spears is now slightly cuter given she has put on a few kgs. However she has got rid of her snail trail.....which was quite a turn on.2007 September 18, Londonstani, “Re: Brit cop jerks off on LIVE TV”, in scot.politics (Usenet)
    • Snail trails act as conduits for lint and dead skin cells to travel up from your pants and underwear into the belly button.2008 August 5, Don Voorhees, Disgusting Things: a Miscellany, Penguin, →ISBN, page 177
    Synonyms:
    treasure trail

Synonyms of snail trail

Forms of snail trail

pluralsnail trails

Questions about snail trail

What does snail trail mean?
Snail trail means a trail of snail slime, left behind by a snail as it slithers.
What part of speech is snail trail?
Snail trail is a noun.
What is the plural of snail trail?
The plural of snail trail is snail trails.

Words near snail trail in the dictionary

  1. snail pace
  2. snail paces
  3. snail shell
  4. snail shells
  5. snail syrup
  6. snail trail
  7. snail trefoil
  8. snail trefoils
  9. snail vine
  10. snail's pace
  11. snail-mail

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