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schlump

/ʃlʌmp/

schlump noun: someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.

Noun

schlump (plural schlumps)

  1. (slang) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
    • Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find Mr. Right but continue to see Mr. Not-on-Your-Life.2009, J. Courtney Sullivan, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man, Hachette, →ISBN

Verb

schlump (third-person singular simple present schlumps, present participle schlumping, simple past and past participle schlumped)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way.
    • After years of wearing her hair in braids and schlumping down Seventh Avenue all covered up in padded coats, sweaters, and undies, Wally reinvented herself as a hot tamale with a mane of wild ringlets and a Coca-Cola—shaped bod.2010, Jenyne M. Raines, Beautylicious!: The Black Girl's Guide to the Fabulous Life, Crown, →ISBN, page 98
    • Al then schlumped upstage to the piano to talk with a man who could do anything asked of him. (Theater accompanists are an amazing lot. They can play anything you request in any tempo and in every key.)2015, Stevie Phillips, Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me…, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 167

Forms of schlump

Noun
pluralschlumps
alternative formschloomp
alternative formshlump
Verb
third-person singular presentschlumps
present participleschlumping
past participleschlumped
pastschlumped

Origin of schlump

Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe).

Words formed from schlump

Words that rhyme with schlump

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Questions about schlump

What does schlump mean?
Schlump means someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
What part of speech is schlump?
Schlump can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce schlump?
Schlump is pronounced /ʃlʌmp/.
What is the plural of schlump?
The plural of schlump is schlumps.

Words near schlump in the dictionary

  1. schlubs
  2. Schlueter
  3. Schlueters
  4. schlumbergera
  5. schlumbergeras
  6. schlump
  7. schlumped
  8. schlumpier
  9. schlumpiest
  10. schlumpiness
  11. schlumping

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