verb
- to carry or drag something heavy or awkward with effort
- to move slowly or with difficulty
Usage: informal; from Yiddish
Usage: informal
noun
- a tedious or difficult journey
- a person who is slow or inefficient
Usage: informal
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
Examples
- I had to schlepp all my luggage up three flights of stairs.
- She schleps to work every morning on the crowded subway.
- Don’t make me schlepp this heavy box across town.
- The trip to the airport was such a schlepp in traffic.
- He’s always late because he’s such a schlepp.
- We schlep through the mall looking for a parking spot.
- It’s a real schlepp getting to that remote cabin.