Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shlep

2 senses of shlep

Sense 1
schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep -- ((Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person)
       => simpleton, simple -- (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

Sense 2
schlep, shlep -- (a tedious or difficult journey)
       => journey, journeying -- (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shlep

2 senses of shlep

Sense 1
traipse, shlep -- (walk or tramp about)
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 2
shlep, schlep, pull along -- (pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk")
       => drag -- (pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him")

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