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View synonyms for schlump

schlump

or shlump

[ shloomp ]

noun

  1. a dull, colorless person.
  2. a slovenly person; slob.


verb (used without object)

  1. to loaf or idle.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of schlump1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; probably of expressive origin
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Example Sentences

That’s a good thing, because this Trump — already a schlump with rage issues played by Sebastian Stan with jowly prosthetics — is, if not quite the worst of all Trumps, still a pretty awful one.

Now, he is free to go Full Schlump, in worn jeans and newish Nikes, and play his beloved Grateful Dead to welcome audiences.

Now, he is free to go Full Schlump, in worn jeans and newish Nikes, and play his beloved Grateful Dead to welcome audiences.

Best known from his many film, television and voice-over performances as a twinkling human Yoda, he writes himself into his plays as a schlump concealing a shiv.

The strangulated gurgle of a slashed throat, the wet schlump of an axe hitting a skull, the gloopy splatter of a shotgun blast to the torso.

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