dreck
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9.9
- noun
- /drɛk/
- Slang
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basura
- It's disappointing to find misleading dreck on its site.
- a piece of dreck
That your songs are just bubble gum pop dreck?
- That your songs are just bubble gum pop dreck?
Examples
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PBS and NPR are a lot better than the dreck we see on TV and hear on the radio.
Blog text (8) -
Picking up that dreck off the street.
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Why bother with the dreck they have out here?
Fiction book (1996) -
Yet another example of how CNN has become unwatchable dreck in the last few months.
Blog text (28) -
You know, the haves—raking it in and the working class getting dreck.
Fiction book (1996) -
The store was filled with dreck that nobody wanted to buy.
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After the show, all we could talk about was the dreck we had just watched.
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He was disappointed to find that the new video game was just another piece of dreck.
Synonyms
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3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
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8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
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9.4
Cheap things that break easily
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A thing that costs little and is low in quality
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A thing made badly that breaks easily or does not work well
Cheap goods that look badly made and will fall apart quickly
Very low quality art or entertainment that lacks new ideas
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
Something of very poor quality not worth buying
An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping
Antonyms
How Worthless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dreck comes from Yiddish and German, where dreck meant 'dirt' or 'filth'. So, calling something dreck today is like saying it is dirty, low-quality, or worthless.