schlep /ʃle p/ (schleps , schlepping , schlepped ) also schlepp
1 VERB If you schlep something somewhere, you take it there although this is difficult or inconvenient. [AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V n adv/prep] You didn't just schlep your guitar around from folk club to folk club.
2 VERB If you schlep somewhere, you go there. [AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V adv/prep] It's too cold to schlepp around looking at property.
3 N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a schlep , you mean that they are stupid or clumsy. [AM , INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ]
schlock /ʃlɒ k/ N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to films, pop songs, or books as schlock , you mean that they have no artistic or social value. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ …a showman with a good eye for marketable schlock.
schmaltz /ʃmæ lts, [AM ] ʃmɑː lts/ N‑UNCOUNT If you describe a play, film, or book as schmaltz , you do not like it because it is too sentimental. [DISAPPROVAL ]
schmaltzy /ʃmæ ltsi, [AM ] ʃmɑː ltsi/ ADJ If you describe songs, films, or books as schmaltzy , you do not like them because they are too sentimental. [DISAPPROVAL ]
schmooze /ʃmuː z/ (schmoozes , schmoozing , schmoozed ) VERB If you schmooze , you talk casually and socially with someone. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V ] …those coffee houses where you can schmooze for hours.
schnapps /ʃnæ ps/ N‑UNCOUNT Schnapps is a strong alcoholic drink made from potatoes. ● N‑SING A schnapps is a glass of schnapps.
schol|ar /skɒ lə r / (scholars ) N‑COUNT A scholar is a person who studies an academic subject and knows a lot about it. [FORMAL ] □ The library attracts thousands of scholars and researchers.
schol|ar|ly /skɒ lə r li/
1 ADJ A scholarly person spends a lot of time studying and knows a lot about academic subjects. □ He was an intellectual, scholarly man.
2 ADJ A scholarly book or article contains a lot of academic information and is intended for academic readers. □ …the more scholarly academic journals.
3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Scholarly matters and activities involve people who do academic research. □ This has been the subject of intense scholarly debate.
schol|ar|ship /skɒ lə r ʃ I p/ (scholarships )
1 N‑COUNT If you get a scholarship to a school or university, your studies are paid for by the school or university or by some other organization. □ [+ to ] He got a scholarship to the Pratt Institute of Art.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Scholarship is serious academic study and the knowledge that is obtained from it. □ I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.
scho|las|tic /skəlæ st I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Your scholastic achievement or ability is your academic achievement or ability while you are at school. [FORMAL ] □ …the values which encouraged her scholastic achievement.
school ◆◆◆ /skuː l/ (schools , schooling , schooled )
1 N‑VAR A school is a place where children are educated. You usually refer to this place as school when you are talking about the time that children spend there and the activities that they do there. □ …a boy who was in my class at school. □ Even the good students say homework is what they most dislike about school. □ I took the kids for a picnic in the park after school. □ …a school built in the Sixties. □ …two boys wearing school uniform.
2 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A school is the pupils or staff at a school. □ Deirdre, the whole school's going to hate you.
3 N‑COUNT A privately-run place where a particular skill or subject is taught can be referred to as a school . □ …a riding school and equestrian centre near Chepstow.
4 N‑VAR ; N‑COUNT A university, college, or university department specializing in a particular type of subject can be referred to as a school . □ …a lecturer in the School of Veterinary Medicine. □ Stella, 21, is at art school training to be a fashion designer.
5 N‑UNCOUNT School is used to refer to university or college. [AM ] □ Moving rapidly through school, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky at age 18.
6 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A particular school of writers, artists, or thinkers is a group of them whose work, opinions, or theories are similar. □ [+ of ] …the Chicago school of economists.
7 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A school of fish or dolphins is a large group of them moving through water together.
8 VERB If you school someone in something, you train or educate them to have a certain skill, type of behaviour, or way of thinking. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n + in ] Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority. □ [be V -ed to-inf] He is schooled to spot trouble. [Also V n to-inf]
9 VERB To school a child means to educate him or her. [AM , also BRIT , FORMAL ] □ [V n] She's been schooling her kids herself.
10 VERB If you school a horse, you train it so that it can be ridden in races or competitions. □ [V n] She bought him as a £1,000 colt of six months and schooled him.
11 → see also after-school , approved school , boarding school , church school , convent school , driving school , finishing school , grade school , graduate school , grammar school , high school , infant school , junior school , middle school , night school , nursery school , prep school , pre-school , primary school , private school , public school , schooled , schooling , special school , state school , summer school , Sunday school