schlep

1. 1.

   pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance

   “Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?”

   “She pulled along a large trunk”

   Synonymsshleppull along

   Broaderdrag

   Narrowertow

Other forms of schlep

plural

schleps·

past tense

schlepped·

present participle

schlepping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about schlep

What does schlep mean?

schlep means "(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in schlep?

schlep has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for schlep?

Close synonyms include schlepper, shlepper, shlep, shlep, shlep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is schlep a common word?

schlep is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.