SCHLEP
Dictionary entry overview: What does schlep mean?
• SCHLEP (noun)
The noun SCHLEP has 2 senses:
1. (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
2. a tedious or difficult journey
Familiarity information: SCHLEP used as a noun is rare.
• SCHLEP (verb)
The verb SCHLEP has 1 sense:
1. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
Familiarity information: SCHLEP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCHLEP (noun)
Meaning:
(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
schlep; schlepper; shlep; shlepper
Hypernyms ("schlep" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Meaning:
A tedious or difficult journey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
schlep; shlep
Hypernyms ("schlep" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
• SCHLEP (verb)
Meaning:
Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pull along; schlep; shlep
Context examples:
Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs? / She pulled along a large trunk
Hypernyms (to "schlep" is one way to...):
drag (pull, as against a resistance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "schlep"):
tow (drag behind)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
