schlep

Meaning

Verb

1. (informal) To carry, drag, or lug.
2. (informal) To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.
3. (informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.

Noun

1. (informal) A long or burdensome journey.
2. (informal) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.
3. (informal) A sloppy or slovenly person.
4. (informal) A “pull” or influence.

Synonyms

shlep

shlepper

schlepper

pull along

lug

clutch

creep

crud

crum

crump

dingbat

drag

draw

drip

dullard

dumbbell

fathead

fool

frog

🐸

fucker

gawk

gink

gook

goose

🪿

gouge

grifter

hale

heck

jerk

klutz

loon

lowlife

low life

moron

mug

ninny

nitwit

plume

raff

riffraff

rip

rotter

schlepp

schmo

schmuck

schnook

scum

scut

shit

💩

simpleton

slicker

slime

so and so

son of a bitch

son of a gun

stinker

thug

tug

turd

turkey

twit

wally

wrench

🔧

wring

goofball

ratfink

scumbag

stupid person

smooth operator

schmoe

mother fucker

scum bag

slimebag

douchebag

sonofobitch

crumb bum

smacko

crum-bum

ass maggot

sona'bitch'u

bastard

ratink

birdbrain

brock

caitiff

cart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃlɛp/

Etymology

Cognate with German: schleppen

Cognate with Dutch: slepen

Cognate with Danish: slæbe

In summary

From 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.
Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).