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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
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
A person who appears generous, but counts the costs of everything and complains about what they chose to give. Usually, also blind to anything others do for them because they are so focused on the cost of everything they do.
The nerve of that shlepp complaining about me drinking the beer and saying I don't do anything for them. I sweat and cleaned and purchased the supplies to fix up the house as well as did it. What a shlepp, over a beer!
Shlepp by DevonDextra May 8, 2014
just an all out word. can be used intead of cool. also in yiddish its definition is to drag around.
other forms of the word are:shlepper,shelppin,shlepers
dude: hey isnt mike such a shlepper.
dude 2: yah he is just a big shlepp.

In Yiddish:
women: my husband is shleppin me to a kibutz near haife.
shlepp by Ben Geva October 25, 2007

schlep/shlep

german/yiddish
a slow & awkwark person.
to move about slowly & w/ effort.
despite being dog-ass tired i had to schlep over to my honeys house if i wanted a ride.
schlep/shlep by action von jakson September 30, 2004
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!"
shlep
shlep by King Shlep May 29, 2013
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