Shlep

Word SHLEP
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ʃlɛp/

Definitions and meanings of "Shlep"

What do we mean by shlep?

Alternative form of schlep. noun

Alternative form of schlep. verb

Walk or tramp about verb

(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person noun

A tedious or difficult journey noun

Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance verb

A long or burdensome journey.

A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.

A sloppy or slovenly person.

A “pull” or influence.

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The word "shlep" in example sentences

Anyone interested in making a significant contribution to shlep is urged to contact David Giacalone at “shlep AT localnet dot com” [no spaces in the address]. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Do you want to play a part? shlep needs your help: shlep is seeking co-editors to contribute regularly to its content and help guide its construction and evolution. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I gather that the self-help law movement presented in shlep aims to go beyond simply providing public access to legal information. ❋ Unknown (2006)

However, many Yiddish words have entered mainstream English, mainly, but not exclusively, in the United States - "shlep" (to carry or drag a load), "chutzpah" (audacity), "kvetch" (to whine, complain), "nebbish" (a simpleton, a weakling) being just a few. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You probably know more Yiddish than you think, thanks to "Seinfeld," Heeb magazine and Jewish screenwriters, who made words such as shlep, klutz, nosh, shlimazel (remember the "Laverne and Shirley" hopscotch theme song?) and shmooze household lingo. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bernadette Peters plays the pathetic Sally, constantly in mourning for her past, married to Buddy, a kind of likeable shlep, endearingly played by Danny Burstein. ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

It appears that you would rather shlep through your existence unaware, uneducated, uninformed while wearing blinders that limits your already myopic reality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They also have cramps and zits and have to shlep maxi pads around. ❋ Leslie Goldman (2010)

Lobbying for a bus tour and then "Recher calculated that Palin and the people traveling with her spent about 24 hours total on board the" Going Rogue "bus during the first seven days of the book tour." spending 3 hours a day on it herself while the rest of the peons shlep around 24 hours a day on it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Between beeps, we ragged on the upper echelon who don't understand or value those who shlep for dreams and dollars. ❋ Megan Snedden (2012)

I guess the answer is that I must shlep into Westchester to go to Aberdeen (first rate Hong Kong Cuisine) or to Chinatown in NYC. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The American Chiropractic Association recommends that women shlep around no more than 10 percent of their body weight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't begrudge this particular guy, but an obvious professional like him is not representative of the typical poor shlep who's lost his job at the plant. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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