1. A tedious or difficult journey
   "It was a real shlep carrying all those groceries home";
   - schlep [N. Amer, informal], schlepp [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
   "He felt like a shlep as he fumbled with the keys, trying to unlock the door";
   - schlepper [N. Amer, informal], shlepper [N. Amer, informal], schlep [N. Amer, informal], schlepp [N. Amer, informal]

1. Walk pointlessly or tediously
   "We shlepped around the mall for hours";
   - traipse
    
2. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
   "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?";
   - schlep [N. Amer, informal], pull along, schlepp [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: shlepped, shlepping, shleps

See also: draw

Type of: drag, journey, journeying, simple [archaic], simpleton, walk