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    SCHLEP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A tedious or difficult journeyplay

    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 personplay

    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 resistanceplay

    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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