schlep

Meanings

Verb

• To carry, drag, or lug.
• To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.
• To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.

Noun

• A long or burdensome journey.
• A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.
• A sloppy or slovenly person.
• A “pull” or influence.

Origin

• From Yiddish שלעפּן ("to drag"), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen ("to drag") and slifan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.
• Compare German schleppen ("to haul") and its inherited doublet schleifen, Dutch slepen ("to drag"), Danish slæbe ("to haul").