schlep

Meanings

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

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

Etymology

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