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1. To carry something heavy.
2. To carry something in a dragging fashion, as if tired.
3. To go somewhere, particularly somewhere far away or otherwise difficult to reach; often implies resentment of putting forth such effort.
The elevator was broken, so I had to shlep the TV set up five flights of stairs.
I shlepped my book bag behind me.
I shlepped all the way out here from downtown so you could tell me you feel like staying in tonight?
shlep by bluegrassfan December 23, 2004
A long and tiresome walk.
Origin: Yiddish.
It's a bit of a schlep from here to the shop.
schlep by Jono March 27, 2005
To carry, bring or otherwise transmit something which is difficult to move.
I'm not going to schlep that stack of papers all the way over here!
schlep by The Grammar Nazi October 11, 2001
noun.

A person who is incapable of performing even the most basic of tasks.
"Don't ask Joe for directions. He is a total shlep and will fuck it all to hell."
shlep by kevin December 16, 2003
1. <verb> A very unpleasant or inconvenient journey of any distance.
2. <noun> A person lacking social skills. A dork. Not a friend of choice.
1. "Oy, my legs are killin me, I don't wanna schlep to 711 right now!"

2. "Yeah, he always gets blackout drunk! What a schlep."
schlep by Nate Nasty February 11, 2006
The act of "getting some" from another person, mostly used by males but can be used by females on rare occasions.

"Yo I'm about to get the shlep tonight!"
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shlep by King Shlep May 29, 2013