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shlep
shlep S0136900 (shlĕp)v. & n. Slang Variant of schlep.shlep or shleppvb, n a variant spelling of schlepschlep shlep (ʃlɛp) v. schlepped or shlepped, schlep•ping or shlep•ping, n. Slang. v.t. 1. to carry with great effort; lug. v.i. 2. to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously. n. 3. a person who is slow or awkward. 4. a tedious journey. [1920–25; < Yiddish shlepn to pull, drag, (intrans.) trudge; compare dial. Middle High German sleppen < Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slēpen] shlep Past participle: shlepped Gerund: shlepping
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I shlep | you shlep | he/she/it shleps | we shlep | you shlep | they shlep |
Preterite |
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I shlepped | you shlepped | he/she/it shlepped | we shlepped | you shlepped | they shlepped |
Present Continuous |
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I am shlepping | you are shlepping | he/she/it is shlepping | we are shlepping | you are shlepping | they are shlepping |
Present Perfect |
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I have shlepped | you have shlepped | he/she/it has shlepped | we have shlepped | you have shlepped | they have shlepped |
Past Continuous |
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I was shlepping | you were shlepping | he/she/it was shlepping | we were shlepping | you were shlepping | they were shlepping |
Past Perfect |
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I had shlepped | you had shlepped | he/she/it had shlepped | we had shlepped | you had shlepped | they had shlepped |
Future |
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I will shlep | you will shlep | he/she/it will shlep | we will shlep | you will shlep | they will shlep |
Future Perfect |
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I will have shlepped | you will have shlepped | he/she/it will have shlepped | we will have shlepped | you will have shlepped | they will have shlepped |
Future Continuous |
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I will be shlepping | you will be shlepping | he/she/it will be shlepping | we will be shlepping | you will be shlepping | they will be shlepping |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been shlepping | you have been shlepping | he/she/it has been shlepping | we have been shlepping | you have been shlepping | they have been shlepping |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been shlepping | you will have been shlepping | he/she/it will have been shlepping | we will have been shlepping | you will have been shlepping | they will have been shlepping |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been shlepping | you had been shlepping | he/she/it had been shlepping | we had been shlepping | you had been shlepping | they had been shlepping |
Conditional |
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I would shlep | you would shlep | he/she/it would shlep | we would shlep | you would shlep | they would shlep |
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I would have shlepped | you would have shlepped | he/she/it would have shlepped | we would have shlepped | you would have shlepped | they would have shlepped | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | shlep - (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid personschlep, schlepper, shlepperYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptsimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense | | 2. | shlep - a tedious or difficult journeyschlepjourney, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another | Verb | 1. | shlep - walk or tramp about traipsewalk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" | | 2. | shlep - pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"pull along, schlepdrag - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"tow - drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal" |
shlep
shlep1. verb, slang To haul something, especially in an awkward or ungainly manner. From Yiddish. The apartment building I moved into didn't have an elevator, so I had to shlep all my stuff up the stairs. My mom doesn't drive, so I bought her a rolling shopping cart so she doesn't have to shlep her groceries from the store anymore.2. noun, slang A tedious, arduous, or inconvenient journey. From Yiddish. If we're going to make the shlep all the way across the country, then we might as well take the minivan. It's always been a bit of a shlep between here and the center of town, but the new light rail system should hopefully make it a much easier commute.3. noun, slang A foolish, bumbling, or incompetent person. From Yiddish. What a bunch of shleps! First they get my order wrong, then they send it to the wrong address, and now they're trying to refund me the wrong amount of money! Jeff is managing the project? That shlep couldn't manage his own sock drawer.schlep1. verb, slang To haul something, especially in an awkward or ungainly manner. From Yiddish. The apartment building I moved into didn't have an elevator, so I had to schlep all my stuff up the stairs. My mom doesn't drive, so I bought her a rolling shopping cart so she doesn't have to schlep her groceries from the store anymore.2. noun, slang A tedious, arduous, or inconvenient journey. From Yiddish. If we're going to make the schlep all the way across the country, then we might as well take the minivan. It's always been a bit of a schlep between here and the center of town, but the new light rail system should hopefully make it a much easier commute.3. noun, slang A foolish, bumbling, or incompetent person. From Yiddish. What a bunch of schleps! First they get my order wrong, then they send it to the wrong address, and now they're trying to refund me the wrong amount of money! Jeff is managing the project? That schlep couldn't manage his own sock drawer.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. shlep verbSee schlepshlep
Synonyms for shlepnoun (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid personSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a tedious or difficult journeySynonymsRelated Wordsverb walk or tramp aboutSynonymsRelated Wordsverb pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistanceSynonymsRelated Words |