schlep
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9.9
- noun
- /ʃlɛp/
- Offensive
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patoso
- Why the hell are you going out with a schlep?
You could also tell that because all of them carry the same type of dad bod that they felt that this is now normalized and it's OK to walk around looking like a schlep rock.
- You could also tell that because all of them carry the same type of dad bod that they felt that this is now normalized and it's OK to walk around looking like a schlep rock.
Examples
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And he dresses like a schlep.
Blog text (24) -
He was just a translator; that schlep was.
Fiction book (1995) -
If a schlep like him could make the journey to America on his own, so could she.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm just a broken-down old schlep with one foot in the grave.
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Masha cannot recall a time when this schlep ever said a word about her stepmother or his mother.
Fiction book (2001) -
That way, Pete, you have time to put your affairs in order, maybe arrange a farewell party, do those things you've always been meaning to do, and, being such a schlep, never got around to doing.
Fiction book (2000) -
He spent the whole day feeling like a schlep after failing to get the project finished on time.
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Why would she choose to date a schlep who can't even plan a simple date?
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Everyone in the group jokes that he's a complete schlep when it comes to common sense.
Synonyms
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7.2
A person who is not good at something
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9.9
A person who is foolish and annoying
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9.1
A person who is easily fooled or behaves foolishly
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9.9
A person who is often clumsy and makes mistakes
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9.9
A person who is awkward and often drops things when they carry them
A person who is clumsy or foolish
A person who is clumsy and looks a little silly
Antonyms
How Inept
Surface Forms
Etymology
As a noun for a clumsy person, schlep also comes from the same Yiddish and German root schleppen meaning 'to drag', so you can think of someone who moves slowly or awkwardly as if they are being dragged, which is why it can mean an inept or foolish person.