schlep
verb/ʃlep/
/ʃlep/
(also schlepp)
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they schlep | /ʃlep/ /ʃlep/ |
| he / she / it schleps | /ʃleps/ /ʃleps/ |
| past simple schlepped | /ʃlept/ /ʃlept/ |
| past participle schlepped | /ʃlept/ /ʃlept/ |
| -ing form schlepping | /ˈʃlepɪŋ/ /ˈʃlepɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go somewhere, especially if it is a slow, difficult journey, or you do not want to go
- The restaurant’s supposed to be great but I don’t feel like schlepping all the way out there.
- [transitive] schlep something (+ adv./prep.) to carry or pull something heavy
- I'm not schlepping these suitcases all over town.
Word OriginFrom Yiddish shlepn, ‘to drag’.
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