schlep



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.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IngeborgING-e-bawrk (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
CengİZ-Turkish
DÁNielDAH-nee-el (Hungarian)Hungarian, Faroese
Umekooo-me-koJapanese
Hamm[hæm]
JarlYAHRL (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish)Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian