verb
schlep
SHLEP/ʃlep/
To carry or drag something with effort.
She schleps a heavy canvas sack across the floor with both hands.
Etymology
Yiddish shlepen supplies the image of dragging a load along. English extends that image to carrying something with effort, even when it is lifted rather than dragged.
In context
if the fields are all up north people can park up here and not have to schlep equipment too too far
More examples
- We schlepped our suitcases up three flights of stairs.
- I'm tired of schlepping groceries home in the rain.
- Do we really need to schlep all this equipment to practice?
Forms
schlep · schleps · schlepped · schlepping