schlep
to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously: We schlepped from store to store all day.
Also schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward.
Origin of schlep
1- Also schlepp .
- Sometimes shlep, shlepp .
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How to use schlep in a sentence
In other words, schlepping to the office via train 40 minutes each way had become pointless.
Current, Former Yahoo Employees Question the Ban on Working From Home | Winston Ross | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSchlepping Food," she writes that, "At baggage claim, I can sometimes smell my suitcase before I see it.
A foreign policy neophyte, Fiorina tried to up her diplomatic chops by schlepping to Israel for a long weekend in September.
British Dictionary definitions for schlep
/ (ʃlɛp) /
to drag or lug (oneself or an object) with difficulty
a stupid or clumsy person
an arduous journey or procedure
Origin of schlep
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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