shlep
/ʃlɛp/
noun
- A difficult or tiring journey or task.
- The hike up the mountain was a real shlep.
- Driving through rush hour traffic is such a shlep.
- Cleaning the garage turned into a huge shlep.
- A person who is dull, slow, or unimpressive.
- He's a nice guy, but a bit of a shlep at parties.
- The movie was boring, and the main character was a total shlep.
- Don't be such a shlep — come dance with us!
verb
- To carry or drag something heavy or awkward with effort.
- Don't make me shlep this box all the way to the car by myself.
- She shlepped her heavy suitcase through the airport for an hour.
- I had to shlep all my groceries up three flights of stairs.
- To go somewhere that requires a lot of effort or is inconvenient.
- I don't want to shlep all the way to the mall on a rainy day.
- We had to shlep across town just to get a decent cup of coffee.
- He shleps to the library every weekend to study.