schlep
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”); compare German schleppen (“to drag”).
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Verb
schlep (third-person singular simple present schleps, present participle schlepping, simple past and past participle schlepped)
- (transitive) (slang) To carry or to drag around.
- I'm exhausted after schlepping those packages around all day.
- (intransitive) (slang) To go, as on an errand or task
- I schlepped down to the store for some milk.
- (intransitive) (slang) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.
- I just schlepped around the house on Sunday.
[edit] Translation
To carry or to drag around
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To go, as on an errand or task
To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner
[edit] Noun
schlep (plural schleps)
- A long or burdensome journey.
- Sure you can go across town to get that, but it'd be a schlep.
- A boring person, a drag.
- A sloppy or slovenly person.
- A "pull" or influence
- He must have had a lot of shlep to get such good seats.
