Main Entry: schlep

Variant(s): or schlepp also shlep or shlepp \ˈshlep\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): schlepped also shlepped; schlep·ping also shlep·ping

Etymology: Yiddish shlepn, from Middle High German sleppen, from Middle Low German slēpen

Date: 1922

transitive verb : drag, haulintransitive verb : to proceed or move especially slowly, tediously, awkwardly, or carelessly