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Definition of Schlep
1. Verb. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance. "She pulled along a large trunk"
2. Noun. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person.
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
3. Noun. A tedious or difficult journey.
Definition of Schlep
1. Verb. (transitive) (slang) To carry or to drag around. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) (slang) To go, as on an errand or task ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) (slang) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner. ¹
4. Noun. A long or burdensome journey. ¹
5. Noun. A boring person, a drag. ¹
6. Noun. A sloppy or slovenly person. ¹
7. Noun. A "pull" or influence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schlep
1. to lug or drag [v SCHLEPPED, SCHLEPPING, SCHLEPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schlep
Literary usage of Schlep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"schlep'pend, dragging. Schluss (Ger.) Conclusion, end; close, cadence...
Schluss'fall, a cadence.. . Schluss'kadenz, final or closing cadence . ..."
2. A Course in Normal Histology: A Guide for Practical Instruction in Histology by Rudolf Krause (1913)
"A different picture presents itself in the epithelium of the mucous membrane (schlep).
We first notice its great size. It consists of many more strata of ..."
3. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1906)
"Neither here nor in schlep- kow have I heard an animal cough during the whole year.
I should say that this is a sign that none of the inoculated animals are ..."
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