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schlep.

To carry, drag, or lug.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃlɛp/

  1. To carry, drag, or lug.

    Jewish · informal · slang · transitive
    I'm exhausted after schlepping those packages around all day.

  2. To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.

    Jewish · informal · intransitive · slang
    I schlepped down to the store for some milk.

  3. To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.

    Jewish · informal · intransitive · slang
    I just schlepped around the house on Sunday.
Where this word comes from

From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

noun/ʃlɛp/

  1. A long or burdensome journey.

    Jewish · New-York-City · informal · slang
    Sure you can go across town to get that, but it'd be a schlep.

  2. A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.

    Jewish · New-York-City · informal · slang

  3. A sloppy or slovenly person.

    Jewish · New-York-City · informal · slang

  4. A “pull” or influence.

    Jewish · New-York-City · informal · slang
    He must have had a lot of schlep to get such good seats.
Where this word comes from

From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

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