schlock
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9.4
- noun
- /ʃlɑk/
- Slang
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- Now, she reads only American schlock pulp novels, romances—and she forgets, disremembers, she calls it.
- schlock shop
- schlock horror
- piece of schlock
And so schlock cost and schlock is my reaction to Trog.
- And so schlock cost and schlock is my reaction to Trog.
Examples
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The store was filled with cheap toys and other schlock that barely lasted a week.
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Most of the items at the flea market were just schlock, not worth the money.
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Watching the review made me glad I never subjected myself to that schlock.
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We are lucky to have M. Bowmaster on that commission; otherwise, we will end up with schlock.
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Who produced this schlock?
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During Oskar's tear-jerking ending monologue, I want to hear Mike say, "This is pure schlock!"
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Here's to cultivating future preservationists, who care about details and know quality versus schlock.
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I'd go for mainstream schlock: 'The Howling' and 'Piranha II: The Spawning.'
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His big break came in 1986, when he spotted schlock-action mogul Menahem Golan outside a restaurant in Hollywood.
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People often regret buying schlock that breaks easily after just one use.
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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9.9
Poor-quality items that are not worth buying
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4.4
A low-cost fake of a brand-name item that looks like the real thing but is lower quality
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6.1
A thing that costs little and is low in quality
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3.6
A thing made badly that breaks easily or does not work well
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6.3
A thing that costs very little and is often made badly
Cheap goods that look badly made and will fall apart quickly
Very low quality art or entertainment that lacks new ideas
Something of very poor quality not worth buying
An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping
Antonyms
Compounds
How Shoddy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Schlock comes from a Yiddish word and the German word Schlacke, meaning 'trash' or the waste left over from metal work. So calling something schlock compares it to cheap, worthless scraps, which is why it means cheap or shoddy goods.