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laahustaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drag verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
  • plod verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
  • schlep verb To carry or drag something heavy, or to make a tiring journey.
  • scuff verb To scrape or drag the feet while walking, or to scratch a surface by rubbing.
  • scuffle noun A brief, disorganized fight or struggle at close quarters.
  • shamble noun One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
  • shuffle verb To mix cards, tracks, or items into a random order.
  • trudge noun A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Senses

laahustaa is used for these senses in English:

  • drag To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
  • plod (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
  • schlep (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.
  • scuff To scrape the feet while walking.
  • scuffle (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
  • shamble To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
  • shuffle To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
  • trudge (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

drag — full definition

  1. verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
  2. noun A resisting force that slows down something moving through air or liquid.
  3. noun Something tedious or annoying.
  4. noun Elaborate, exaggerated clothing of the opposite gender worn for performance, especially by drag queens and kings.
  5. verb To insult or criticize someone sharply, often publicly (informal).

plod — full definition

  1. verb To walk slowly and heavily, with steady, tiring effort.
  2. verb To keep working at something slowly and doggedly, especially something tedious.
  3. noun A slow, heavy way of walking or working.

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