schlepn.¹

Brit.

/ʃlɛp/, U.S.

/ʃlɛp/

Forms: 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: schlepper n.

Etymology: Shortened < schlepper n.

North American colloquial.

A person of little worth, a fool, a loser; an untidy or slovenly person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance

dud1721

lightweight1831

tit1881

mess1891

schmuck1892

schmendrick1897

Little Willie1901

schlepper1901

wally1922

klutz1925

twerp1925

twit1934

jerk1935

schmo1937

shmegegge1937

schlep1939

sad sack1943

no-hoper1944

Joe Schmo1947

jerko1949

nerk1955

prat1955

schmucko1959

Herbert1960

1939 News Let. & Wasp 23 June 13/2 The name of the radio character known to thousands, Schlepperman, is evidently a personification of ‘schlep’, which means a poor slob.

1963 T. Pynchon V. iv. 104 ‘Quiet, shlep,’ said the doctor, scrubbing.

1977 New Yorker 19 Sept. 80/3 My teacher can just zero in on one phrase, and it's immediately obvious that what I've done is so immature it makes me feel like an absolute schlepp.

2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 July e5/5 ‘Priority Call Routing’..to put you ahead of the other poor schleps waiting for technical support.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

schlepn.²

Brit.

/ʃlɛp/, U.S.

/ʃlɛp/

Forms: 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlap, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: schlep v.

Etymology: Probably < schlep v.Compare Yiddish shlep pull, drag, tug, probably < shlepn schlep v.

colloquial.

1. A long, laborious, or tedious journey; a journey made without enthusiasm.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > painful or unpleasant

jaunt1597

jaunce1599

schlep1962

1962 F. Norman Guntz xviii. 149 The Bowery..is quite a shlap from Broadway, in fact it is right on the other side of Manhattan.

1991 G. Burn Alma Cogan (1992) vi. 117 I was getting myself organised for the schlep across London to visit my mother.

2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Traveller section) 16 It took an hour of hiking in 35-degree heat to reach the secluded Hexagon Pool. But leaping into those waters..made the schlep worth it.

2. An arduous or tedious task, a drag. Also: bother, hassle, effort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > a piece of hard work

toila1500

sweater1851

dinkum1888

schlep1964

1964 Economist 1 Aug. 449/3 It was a schlep to find out.

1973 L. Snelling Heresy ii. ii. 68 Who thought up this schlepp with the sign, anyway?

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 4 Dec. 19- b/3 Anybody who has ever tried to make even a small amount of a classic brown sauce from scratch would probably agree with Liederman's assessment that ‘it's the ultimate schlep’.

2018 @Gustav_Swart 26 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Trolling, like adultery, seems like more schlep than it's worth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

schlepv.

Brit.

/ʃlɛp/, U.S.

/ʃlɛp/

Forms: 1900s– schlap, 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlap, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Yiddish. Partly a borrowing from German. Etymons: Yiddish shlepn; German schleppen.

Etymology: < (i) Yiddish shlepn to haul, to drag, (in extended use) to toil, and its etymon (ii) German schleppen to haul, to drag (Middle High German sleppen ) < Middle Low German slēpen to haul, to drag (see slipe v.¹). Compare earlier schlepper n.

colloquial.

1. transitive. To haul, carry, drag. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > of a person

lugger1654

lurry1664

tug1710

traipse1814

traverse1814

trudge1883

schlep1911

trascine1922

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > along a surface or behind

drawOE

harry1340

traila1380

traina1500

lag1530

strakec1530

entrain1568

drail1598

lurry1664

toboggan1886

schlep1911

1911 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Apr. 12/2 ‘Why should you bother yourself to schlepp me along like this?’ he said. ‘There's lots of people I could go out with.’

1920 Sat. Evening Post 10 July 42/3 And then he..gives me back the monkey wrench and I got to schlepp it from Staten Island to Flatbush in the middle of the night? Remember?

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 47 She trudges, schlepps, trains, drags..her load.

1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. xix. 137 By this means the tuglike Schlepper schlepped a string of cargo boats up the Neckar to Heilbron.

1973 Publishers Weekly 26 Feb. 125/1 The one thing you would not want to schlep along on a backpacking trip is this book, which runs to over 340 pages.

1975 New Yorker 11 Aug. 32/1 When her husband, Sidney, was alive he sustained a rupture, and Mrs. Singer says she had to schlepp him in and out of bed several times a day.

1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 68 Merle schleps cocktails at the Persian Room in the Sheraton between six and midnight.

2002 N.Y. Mag. 4 Feb. 44/1 Not only did I schlep my own luggage to and fro, but my 6-year-old wanted nothing to do with hers.

a. intransitive. To toil; to go or travel with effort, to traipse. Usually with adverb or adverbial phrase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil

sweatc897

swingc1000

swinkOE

travailc1275

carka1350

tavec1350

to-swinkc1386

labourc1390

byswenke?a1400

tevelc1400

toilc1400

pingle1511

carp1522

moilc1529

turmoil1548

mucker1566

tug1619

tuggle1650

fatigue1695

hammer1755

fag1772

bullock1888

slog1888

to sweat one's guts out1890

schlep1937

slug1943

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > laboriously or aimlessly

haik?a1500

harl?a1513

trudge1547

palt1560

ploda1566

traipse1593

trash1607

truck1631

tramp1643

vamp1654

trudgea1657

daggle1681

trape1706

trampoose1794

hike1809

slog1872

taigle1886

pudge1891

sludge1908

schlep1937

schlump1957

1937 [implied in: M. Levin Old Bunch iv. iii. 744 Well, what's the use of shlepping along another month and another month? (at Derivatives)].

1959 E. Gilbert Hourglass xxviii. 238 You've been walking around here tonight, schlepping like a pallbearer!

1963 ‘R. L. Pike’ Mute Witness x. 172 I waste a whole evening schlepping around with him.

1964 Guardian 15 Feb. 7/5 Me and Og mog here are still schlepping away at the show so there's nothing for the press yet, baby.

1999 Time Out N.Y. 2 Dec. 133/3 Fortunately, you don't have to schlepp all the way to the New York State Theater.

2011 Times 27 Aug. (Mag.) 69 We schlepped over to the other side of the county.

b. transitive. to schlep one's way: to make one's way onerously or without enthusiasm.

ΚΠ

1974 Columbia Missourian 10 Apr. 10/3 They schlepped their way to a pair of dubious victories.

1978 J. Pascall Illustr. Hist. Rock Music 15 As he schlepped his weary way from date to date.

2014 Tampa Bay Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. 16 Competitors schlep their way through mud during the annual Play! Dirty Adventure Run.

Derivatives

ˈschlepping n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking laboriously or aimlessly

trudging1570

traipsing1593

vamping1661

foot-slogging1895

schlepping1937

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > action of

wrestling?c1225

travailingc1330

tewing1394

labouringc1400

sweatingc1430

toiling1549

moiling1565

carking1583

allaboration1727

fagging1777

bullocking1888

schlepping1937

1937 M. Levin Old Bunch iv. iii. 744 Well, what's the use of shlepping along another month and another month?

1955 C. Angoff Sun at Noon ix. 333 Not sick, God forbid, but this constant shlepping from meeting to meeting, and God knows what else, it tells on any woman, however strong.

1977 New Society 3 Mar. 454/3 The endless flat-footed schlepping you have to do at Gatwick or Chicago O'Hare.

2016 T. R. Mose Playdate ii. 50 Raising small children in New York, Tracy said, requires ‘a lot more schlepping of stuff’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1939

n.²1962

v.1911

单词	schlep
释义	schlepn.¹ Brit. /ʃlɛp/, U.S. /ʃlɛp/ Forms: 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: schlepper n. Etymology: Shortened < schlepper n. North American colloquial. A person of little worth, a fool, a loser; an untidy or slovenly person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance dud1721 lightweight1831 tit1881 mess1891 schmuck1892 schmendrick1897 Little Willie1901 schlepper1901 wally1922 klutz1925 twerp1925 twit1934 jerk1935 schmo1937 shmegegge1937 schlep1939 sad sack1943 no-hoper1944 Joe Schmo1947 jerko1949 nerk1955 prat1955 schmucko1959 Herbert1960 1939 News Let. & Wasp 23 June 13/2 The name of the radio character known to thousands, Schlepperman, is evidently a personification of ‘schlep’, which means a poor slob. 1963 T. Pynchon V. iv. 104 ‘Quiet, shlep,’ said the doctor, scrubbing. 1977 New Yorker 19 Sept. 80/3 My teacher can just zero in on one phrase, and it's immediately obvious that what I've done is so immature it makes me feel like an absolute schlepp. 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 July e5/5 ‘Priority Call Routing’..to put you ahead of the other poor schleps waiting for technical support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). schlepn.² Brit. /ʃlɛp/, U.S. /ʃlɛp/ Forms: 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlap, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: schlep v. Etymology: Probably < schlep v.Compare Yiddish shlep pull, drag, tug, probably < shlepn schlep v. colloquial. 1. A long, laborious, or tedious journey; a journey made without enthusiasm. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > painful or unpleasant jaunt1597 jaunce1599 schlep1962 1962 F. Norman Guntz xviii. 149 The Bowery..is quite a shlap from Broadway, in fact it is right on the other side of Manhattan. 1991 G. Burn Alma Cogan (1992) vi. 117 I was getting myself organised for the schlep across London to visit my mother. 2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Traveller section) 16 It took an hour of hiking in 35-degree heat to reach the secluded Hexagon Pool. But leaping into those waters..made the schlep worth it. 2. An arduous or tedious task, a drag. Also: bother, hassle, effort. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > a piece of hard work toila1500 sweater1851 dinkum1888 schlep1964 1964 Economist 1 Aug. 449/3 It was a schlep to find out. 1973 L. Snelling Heresy ii. ii. 68 Who thought up this schlepp with the sign, anyway? 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 4 Dec. 19- b/3 Anybody who has ever tried to make even a small amount of a classic brown sauce from scratch would probably agree with Liederman's assessment that ‘it's the ultimate schlep’. 2018 @Gustav_Swart 26 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Trolling, like adultery, seems like more schlep than it's worth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). schlepv. Brit. /ʃlɛp/, U.S. /ʃlɛp/ Forms: 1900s– schlap, 1900s– schlep, 1900s– schlepp, 1900s– shlap, 1900s– shlep, 1900s– shlepp. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Yiddish. Partly a borrowing from German. Etymons: Yiddish shlepn; German schleppen. Etymology: < (i) Yiddish shlepn to haul, to drag, (in extended use) to toil, and its etymon (ii) German schleppen to haul, to drag (Middle High German sleppen ) < Middle Low German slēpen to haul, to drag (see slipe v.¹). Compare earlier schlepper n. colloquial. 1. transitive. To haul, carry, drag. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] > of a person lugger1654 lurry1664 tug1710 traipse1814 traverse1814 trudge1883 schlep1911 trascine1922 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > along a surface or behind drawOE harry1340 traila1380 traina1500 lag1530 strakec1530 entrain1568 drail1598 lurry1664 toboggan1886 schlep1911 1911 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Apr. 12/2 ‘Why should you bother yourself to schlepp me along like this?’ he said. ‘There's lots of people I could go out with.’ 1920 Sat. Evening Post 10 July 42/3 And then he..gives me back the monkey wrench and I got to schlepp it from Staten Island to Flatbush in the middle of the night? Remember? 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 47 She trudges, schlepps, trains, drags..her load. 1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. xix. 137 By this means the tuglike Schlepper schlepped a string of cargo boats up the Neckar to Heilbron. 1973 Publishers Weekly 26 Feb. 125/1 The one thing you would not want to schlep along on a backpacking trip is this book, which runs to over 340 pages. 1975 New Yorker 11 Aug. 32/1 When her husband, Sidney, was alive he sustained a rupture, and Mrs. Singer says she had to schlepp him in and out of bed several times a day. 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 68 Merle schleps cocktails at the Persian Room in the Sheraton between six and midnight. 2002 N.Y. Mag. 4 Feb. 44/1 Not only did I schlep my own luggage to and fro, but my 6-year-old wanted nothing to do with hers. 2. a. intransitive. To toil; to go or travel with effort, to traipse. Usually with adverb or adverbial phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil sweatc897 swingc1000 swinkOE travailc1275 carka1350 tavec1350 to-swinkc1386 labourc1390 byswenke?a1400 tevelc1400 toilc1400 pingle1511 carp1522 moilc1529 turmoil1548 mucker1566 tug1619 tuggle1650 fatigue1695 hammer1755 fag1772 bullock1888 slog1888 to sweat one's guts out1890 schlep1937 slug1943 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > laboriously or aimlessly haik?a1500 harl?a1513 trudge1547 palt1560 ploda1566 traipse1593 trash1607 truck1631 tramp1643 vamp1654 trudgea1657 daggle1681 trape1706 trampoose1794 hike1809 slog1872 taigle1886 pudge1891 sludge1908 schlep1937 schlump1957 1937 [implied in: M. Levin Old Bunch iv. iii. 744 Well, what's the use of shlepping along another month and another month? (at Derivatives)]. 1959 E. Gilbert Hourglass xxviii. 238 You've been walking around here tonight, schlepping like a pallbearer! 1963 ‘R. L. Pike’ Mute Witness x. 172 I waste a whole evening schlepping around with him. 1964 Guardian 15 Feb. 7/5 Me and Og mog here are still schlepping away at the show so there's nothing for the press yet, baby. 1999 Time Out N.Y. 2 Dec. 133/3 Fortunately, you don't have to schlepp all the way to the New York State Theater. 2011 Times 27 Aug. (Mag.) 69 We schlepped over to the other side of the county. b. transitive. to schlep one's way: to make one's way onerously or without enthusiasm. ΚΠ 1974 Columbia Missourian 10 Apr. 10/3 They schlepped their way to a pair of dubious victories. 1978 J. Pascall Illustr. Hist. Rock Music 15 As he schlepped his weary way from date to date. 2014 Tampa Bay Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. 16 Competitors schlep their way through mud during the annual Play! Dirty Adventure Run. Derivatives ˈschlepping n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking laboriously or aimlessly trudging1570 traipsing1593 vamping1661 foot-slogging1895 schlepping1937 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > action of wrestling?c1225 travailingc1330 tewing1394 labouringc1400 sweatingc1430 toiling1549 moiling1565 carking1583 allaboration1727 fagging1777 bullocking1888 schlepping1937 1937 M. Levin Old Bunch iv. iii. 744 Well, what's the use of shlepping along another month and another month? 1955 C. Angoff Sun at Noon ix. 333 Not sick, God forbid, but this constant shlepping from meeting to meeting, and God knows what else, it tells on any woman, however strong. 1977 New Society 3 Mar. 454/3 The endless flat-footed schlepping you have to do at Gatwick or Chicago O'Hare. 2016 T. R. Mose Playdate ii. 50 Raising small children in New York, Tracy said, requires ‘a lot more schlepping of stuff’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1939n.²1962v.1911
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