1. to carry or drag something heavy or awkward
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
2. to walk or travel, especially with effort or reluctance
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin

1. a tedious or difficult journey
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
2. a person who is lazy or ineffective
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin; sometimes derogatory

Examples

• I had to shlep all these boxes up three flights of stairs.
• Don’t make me shlep across town just for a five-minute meeting.
• She shlepped her heavy suitcase through the airport.
• It’s such a shlep to get to that restaurant without a car.
• The commute to work is a real shlep every morning.
• He’s such a shlep – never gets anything done on time.