schlepper

schlep

or schlepp also shlep  (shlĕp)Slang

v. schlepped, schlep·ping, schleps or schlepped or schlepp·ing or schlepps also shlepped or shlep·ping or shleps

v.tr.

To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug: schlepped a shopping bag around town.

v.intr.

To move slowly or laboriously: schlepped around with the twins in a stroller.

n.

1. An arduous journey.

2. A clumsy or stupid person.

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[Yiddish shlepn, to drag, pull, from Middle Low German slēpen; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]

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schlep′per, shlep′per n.

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schlepper

(ˈʃlɛpə)

n

1. a person who carries things, a servant

2. censorious a person who wanders aimlessly or who is slow to act

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

schlepper - (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person schlep, shlep, shlepper Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense

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Translations

schlepper

n (US inf, pej)

(= tedious person) → Langweiler(in) m(f) (pej)

(= awkward person) → Tollpatsch m (pej), → Umstandskrämer(in) m(f) (inf, pej)

(= stupid person) → Trottel m (inf, pej)

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