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: schlep.

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.