Schlepp
//ʃlɛp// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of schlep. alt-of, alternative
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of schlep. alt-of, alternative
"“You schlepp all the way down here, I’m going to deal with you straight.”"
Example
More examples"“You schlepp all the way down here, I’m going to deal with you straight.”"
Etymology
From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).
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