"schlump" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃlʌmp/ Audio: En-au-schlump.ogg Forms: schlumps [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe). Etymology templates: {{,}} ,, {{bor+|en|yi|שלומפּ||stupid, foolish, or inept person}} Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”), {{cog|de|Schlumpe}} German Schlumpe Head templates: {{en-noun}} schlump (plural schlumps)
  1. (slang, originally US) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Derived forms: schlumpy, schlumpily, schlumpiness
    Sense id: en-schlump-en-noun-GijSl8ey Disambiguation of People: 61 39 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schloomp

Verb

IPA: /ʃlʌmp/ Audio: En-au-schlump.ogg Forms: schlumps [present, singular, third-person], schlumping [participle, present], schlumped [participle, past], schlumped [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe). Etymology templates: {{,}} ,, {{bor+|en|yi|שלומפּ||stupid, foolish, or inept person}} Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”), {{cog|de|Schlumpe}} German Schlumpe Head templates: {{en-verb}} schlump (third-person singular simple present schlumps, present participle schlumping, simple past and past participle schlumped)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way. Tags: intransitive, slang Related terms: schlep
    Sense id: en-schlump-en-verb-ENsHuF5v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schloomp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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