shlepper
- noun
- /ˈʃlɛpər/
- Offensive
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patoso
- The team didn’t take the new intern seriously, thinking of him as a shlepper who would slow them down.
Examples
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"Move this here and bring the lighter objects up front," he'd suggest, and the salesman would jerk a thumb in the direction of a supervisor and say, "Do I look like a shlepper?"
Fiction book (1999) -
Everyone in the meeting assumed he was just another shlepper who couldn't contribute anything useful.
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Nine other shleppers in the room, and what you say counts.
Fiction book (1997) -
This is always going to be a problem in Israel, with so many Jews and "noch-shleppers" there, and not all the cases and revelations of Jewish identity will be the same.
Blog text (4) -
Despite his good intentions, he often comes off as a shlepper, tripping over his words and fumbling with the equipment.
Synonyms
71
9.9
A rude, foolish person who behaves badly
35
7.7
A person who is awkward or slow to do things
8
9.9
A person who is lazy, messy, and a little socially awkward
3
9.9
A rude or foolish person who annoys others
1
9.9
A person who is awkward and often drops things when they carry them
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is awkward in movement or manners
1
9.9
A clumsy person who acts foolishly
A person who is clumsy or foolish
A clumsy person who often drops or breaks things
Antonyms
How Inept
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shlepper comes from the Yiddish and German word schleppen, which means 'to drag' or 'to carry awkwardly', and it is the same root as the English slang schlep. So a shlepper is a clumsy or awkward person, like someone who seems to drag things around or move slowly.