schlepper

schlep or schlepp also shlep  (shlp) Slang

v. schlepped also shlepped, schlep·ping or schlepp·ing also shlep·ping, schleps or schlepps also 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 slpen; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]

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schlepper, schlepper, shlepper n.

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

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)