schlep
To carry, drag, or lugTo carry, drag, or lug.
» The least you can do is schlep me somewhere.
Самое меньшее, что ты можешь сделать, - это подбросить меня куда-нибудь. — olyalya
olyalya · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(Jewish, informal, slang, transitive)To carry, drag, or lug.
I'm exhausted after schlepping those packages around all day.
(sich) schleppen
(Jewish, informal, intransitive, slang)To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.
I schlepped down to the store for some milk.
(Jewish, informal, intransitive, slang)To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.
I just schlepped around the house on Sunday.
- pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
Examples
2 sentencesThe least you can do is schlep me somewhere.
ruСамое меньшее, что ты можешь сделать, - это подбросить меня куда-нибудь. — olyalya
He does nothing but schlep around the house all day long.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low GFrom 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.
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Forms
schleps, schlepping, schlepped, schleppedSynonyms
3 synonyms- pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance:shleppull along
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.