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shlep

[ UK /ʃlˈɛp/ ]
VERB
  1. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
    Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?
    She pulled along a large trunk
  2. walk or tramp about
NOUN
  1. a tedious or difficult journey
  2. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

How To Use shlep In A Sentence

  • In fact, one of the reasons I joined this gym in particular is because a) it is only for women but it is not the right-wing pro-life fascist don’t-even-get-me-started Curves, and b) I can show up in cut-off sweats, lululemons that give awesome camel toe or a t-shirt with coffee stains on it and not feel like a total shlepper. I Like To Move It Move It
  • One way to do this is to shlepp your laptop along, take notes on it and file and crossfile them with your other research notes. Ferule & Fescue
  • That is largely because in number after number, a dream ensemble led by a lithe and charismatic Aaron Tveit as Frank, Tom Wopat as his con man, boozy dad, and Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanratty, the shleppy cop who takes him in, dazzles. Regina Weinreich: Con Me If You Can: The Broadway Musical
  • Coming from an orthodox Jewish family that occasionally clawed its way into the lower middle-class for up to two years at a time, I was acutely aware of the fact that the kind of jobs available to people like me embraced nothing that anybody ever dreamed of being: general clerk, payroll clerk, file clerk, shlepper. Michael Wex: How Do You Make a Writer Kvetch?
  • A bit of a shlep. Times, Sunday Times
  • Far from being a pampered poodle, I was quintessential Mother – shopper, shlepper, builder, financier, adviser, and cheerleader. Boston Time-Out or What I did on my summer "vacation"
  • The result reads like one of those books men in pubs dare Tony Hawks to write; but instead of saying, "Hey, Tony, I bet you can't shlepp a fridge around Ireland," someone in a common room might have said, "Hey, David, I bet you can't find out how many phrases from the Bible we're still using. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • 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. Articles
  • Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?
  • I confirm that whilst we are in advanced discussions with a potential operator nothing has yet been finalised. oh, i do hope i can stop shlepping over to wapping but i fear it will be tesco - they will open in any discarded cardboard box given the chance ... London SE1 community website
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