schlep
verb
ˈshlep 
variants or schlepp or less commonly shlep or shlepp
schlepped also shlepped; schlepping also shlepping
transitive verb
: drag, haul
intransitive verb
: to proceed or move especially slowly, tediously, awkwardly, or carelessly
Example Sentences
We schlepped our luggage through the airport.
Recent Examples on the Web The abrupt transition to remote work was smoother than adapting to the current reality, in which some people stay home and others schlep back to the office. 
Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Use it as a wagon stroller to tote around a couple of little ones or as a plain old wagon to schlep around your gear. Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022 The athletes have to schlep loaded kayaks through the dense jungle on multi-day portages. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 July 2022 After the complex opened in 1933, the concourse stores languished because people didn’t want to schlep down the steps to the plaza and back again. New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022 Another big question: how much two years of working from home has dampened some long-distance workers’ willingness to schlep to and from an office, even a few days a week. Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022 In the days before Amazon Prime, visiting relatives would schlep pineapple cakes, nougats, and bubble tea from overseas, while Chen made DIY versions in the stretches of bubble-tea drought in between. Darice Chang, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2022 Or try to schlep home an eight-foot piece of lumber; the Trailblazer’s cabin can accommodate an 8-foot-long item. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021 Who wants to schlep around with a massive swathe of thick lambskin on their arm all day, sans air conditioning? Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 14 July 2021 See More
Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Use it as a wagon stroller to tote around a couple of little ones or as a plain old wagon to schlep around your gear. Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022 The athletes have to schlep loaded kayaks through the dense jungle on multi-day portages. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 July 2022 After the complex opened in 1933, the concourse stores languished because people didn’t want to schlep down the steps to the plaza and back again. New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022 Another big question: how much two years of working from home has dampened some long-distance workers’ willingness to schlep to and from an office, even a few days a week. Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022 In the days before Amazon Prime, visiting relatives would schlep pineapple cakes, nougats, and bubble tea from overseas, while Chen made DIY versions in the stretches of bubble-tea drought in between. Darice Chang, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2022 Or try to schlep home an eight-foot piece of lumber; the Trailblazer’s cabin can accommodate an 8-foot-long item. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021 Who wants to schlep around with a massive swathe of thick lambskin on their arm all day, sans air conditioning? Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 14 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Yiddish shlepn, from Middle High German sleppen, from Middle Low German slēpen
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined at transitive sense