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SCHLEP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tedious or difficult journey

Synonyms:

schlep; shlep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("schlep" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

Synonyms:

schlep; schlepper; shlep; shlepper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("schlep" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance

Example:

She pulled along a large trunk

Synonyms:

pull along; schlep; shlep

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "schlep" is one way to...):

drag (pull, as against a resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "schlep"):

tow (drag behind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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