shlep

1. 1.

   walk or tramp about

   Synonymstraipse

   Broaderwalk
2. 2.

   pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance

   “Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?”

   “She pulled along a large trunk”

   Synonymsschleppull along

   Broaderdrag

   Narrowertow

Other forms of shlep

plural

shleps·

past tense

shlepped·

present participle

shlepping·

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 shlep

What does shlep mean?

shlep means "(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shlep?

shlep has 1 syllable: shlep.

What is another word for shlep?

Close synonyms include schlepper, shlepper, schlep, schlep, traipse. 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 shlep a common word?

shlep is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.