different between schlep vs schlepper

English

Etymology

From Yiddish ??????? (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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?p/

Verb

schlep (third-person singular simple present schleps, present participle schlepping, simple past and past participle schlepped)

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

Usage notes

The word is often used in the context of something dull or unpleasant to do.

Alternative forms

• schlepp
• shlep
• shlepp

Translations

Noun

schlep (plural schleps)

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

Derived terms

• schlepper
• schleppy

References

Anagrams

• chelps, spelch

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?(r)

Etymology 1

From schlep +? -er.

Noun

schlepper (plural schleppers)

1. A servant who carries things; a porter.

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish ???????? (shleper).

Noun

schlepper (plural schleppers)

1. (derogatory) One who wanders aimlessly.

   I can't interest the little schlepper in doing his homework.

2. (derogatory) Any manual laborer, or other lowly employee.

   He's just a schlepper!

Related terms

• schlep
• schmuck

Quotations

• 1999: Woody Allen adored the scene, and sent up the figure in both film (“Love and Death”) and fiction: in a piece called “Death Knocks,” the Grim Reaper reappears for a game of gin rummy with a schlepper — The New Yorker, 13 May 1999