| VERB | motion | shlep, traipse | walk or tramp about |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | shlep, schlep, pull along | pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance | |
| NOUN | person | shlep, schlepper, shlepper, schlep | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person |
| act | shlep, schlep | a tedious or difficult journey |
| Meaning | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | schlepper, shlepper, schlep | |
| Category | Yiddish | A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words |
| Broader | simpleton, simple | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
| Meaning | A tedious or difficult journey. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | schlep | |
| Broader | journey, journeying | The act of traveling from one place to another |
| Spanish | viaje pesado | |
| Meaning | walk or tramp about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children shlep to the playground | |
| Synonym | traipse | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | patearse, recorrerse, vagar | |
| Catalan | recórrer | |
| Meaning | pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?" | |
| Synonyms | schlep, pull along | |
| Narrower | tow | drag behind |
| Broader | drag | Pull, as against a resistance |
| Spanish | arrastrar | |
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