dreck
[ drek ]
nounSlang.
anything regarded as worthless or of low quality; junk: It would be an insult to the actors and the writers to nominate this fine film along with the dreck they are glorifying this year.
Origin of dreck
1First recorded in 1920–25; from Yiddish drek; cognate with German Dreck “filth”; compare Old English threax, Old Norse threkkr “excrement”
- Also drek .
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How to use dreck in a sentence
Unfortunately, as Jackson sees it, most of the sharks were feasting on drek.
British Dictionary definitions for dreck
dreck
/ (drɛk) /
noun
slang, mainly US rubbish; trash
Origin of dreck
1from Yiddish drek filth, dregs
Derived forms of dreck
- drecky, adjective
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