schlump

plural schlumps · alternative schloomp · alternative shlump

1. slangSomeone 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

present singular third person schlumps · participle present schlumping · participle past schlumped · past schlumped · alternative schloomp · alternative shlump

1. intransitiveslangTo move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way.

   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

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   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