shleps
Lugs with effort
Shleps is the third-person singular or plural of schlep, a Yiddish-derived verb meaning to drag or haul something cumbersome, or to make a tedious journey: She shleps groceries up three flights of stairs.
As a noun, shleps are burdensome trips or, sometimes, the tiresome people who make them.
Also spelled schleps.
Extremely tiring and demanding
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
exhausting · arduous · thankless · dreary · plodding · slog · chore · drudgery
Carried weight or burden
- baggageTraveler's packed belongings
- luggageTraveler's packed containers
- cargoTransported goods
- weightMeasure of heaviness
encumbrance · onus · albatross · millstone · hassle · responsibility · obligation · heavy
Long-distance foot travel
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- traipsingWalking idly about
- commutingRegular work-home travel
- travelingMoving from place to place
pilgrimage · odyssey · expedition · voyage · errand · hike · slog · commute
grueling
Extremely tiring and demanding
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
monotonous · exhausting · arduous · thankless · dreary · plodding · slog · chore · drudgery · hassle
load
Carried weight or burden
weight · encumbrance · onus · albatross · millstone · hassle · responsibility · obligation · heavy · cumbersome
trekking
Long-distance foot travel
traveling · pilgrimage · odyssey · expedition · voyage · errand · hike · slog · commute · crosstown
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
tired · overworked · spent · frazzled · wiped · beat · footsore · sapped · weary · flagging
lugging
Carrying with difficulty
carrying · heaving · trudging · hoisting · transporting · portage · humping · manhandling · wrestling · shouldering