dreck

noun

variants or less commonly drek
Synonyms of drecknext

Examples of dreck in a Sentence

The movie was pure dreck. he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain
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And while Amazing Stories obviously published some dreck—every magazine does—there are plenty of dilithium crystals hidden in the dross. Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 Her potential to reimagine rap in her own image is too high to excuse these lapses into dreck. Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026 Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026 And, man, there’s a lot of dreck. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreck

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish drek & German Dreck, from Middle High German drec; akin to Old English threax rubbish

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dreck was in 1905

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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreck. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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