dreck
dreck
noun \ˈdrek\Definition of DRECK
Variants of DRECK
dreck also drek \ˈdrek\
Examples of DRECK
- The movie was pure dreck.
- <he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain>
Origin of DRECK
Yiddish drek & German Dreck, from Middle High German drec; akin to Old English threax rubbish
First Known Use: 1922
Related to DRECK
Related Words: crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits
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