dreck

noun

variants or less commonly drek

Examples of dreck in a Sentence

The movie was pure dreck. he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain
Recent Examples on the Web That tension between the public and the personal, between the dreck and the art, is the spine of the film. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024 Worse still, the product the league put on the field for its Super Wildcard Weekend was pure dreck. Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024 There was 25 minutes of great stuff, but it was surrounded by an additional 2 hours of dreck. Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024 This moody psychological horror film is more than just an apology for the dreck that was the second Exorcist movie. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for dreck 

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Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dreck was in 1922

Dictionary Entries Near dreck

Cite this Entry

“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreck. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.

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