schlep

US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʃlɛp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(shlep)

Inflections of 'schlep' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

schlep or shlep /ʃlɛp/USA pronunciation v., schlepped or shlepped, schlep•ping or shlep•ping, n. [Slang.]
v.

Slang Terms to carry with great effort;
lug:[~ + object]I don't want you to schlep that heavy suitcase.
Slang Terms[no object] to move slowly or with too much care.

Slang Termsone who is slow or awkward.
an annoyingly awkward or slow journey:That's too big a schlep, going all the way downtown.

schlep (shlep),USA pronunciation v., schlepped, schlep•ping, n. [Slang.]
v.t.

v.i.

Slang Termsto move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously:We schlepped from store to store all day.

Slang TermsAlso, schlep′per. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward;
drag. Also, schlepp, shlep, shlepp.

Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slēpen; cognate with Middle High German, Old High German sleifen (German schleifen); akin to slip¹, slippery
Middle High German dialect, dialectal sleppen
Yiddish shlepn to pull, drag, (intrans.) trudge
1920–25

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