noun
schlep
A person regarded as clumsy or foolish.
He looks like a schlep when he trips over his own shoelaces.
Etymology
The Yiddish verb means dragging. The person-name applies that laborious, awkward image to someone regarded as ineffectual, clumsy, or foolish.
More examples
- Don't be a schlep—read the instructions before you start.
- She calls me a schlep for spilling coffee on my notes.
- Those schleps fall for the same prank every year.
Forms
schlep · schleps