shlep



schlep

and shlep (ʃlɛp)
1. tv. to drag or carry someone or something. (From German schleppen via Yiddish.) Am I supposed to schlep this whole thing all the way back to the store?
2. n. a journey; a distance to travel or carry something. It takes about twenty minutes to make the schlep from here to there.
3. n. a stupid person; a bothersome person. (Literally, a drag.) Ask that shlep to wait in the hall until I am free. I’ll sneak out the back way.

shlep

verb
See schlep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wincentyveen-TSEN-tiPolish
Junayd-Arabic
BertoBER-toItalian, Spanish
VeliaVE-lyahItalian
Long[lɔŋ]
EmÍLia-Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian