dreck

noun

ˈdrek How to pronounce dreck (audio)
variants also drek
Definition of drecknext
1
as in garbage
discarded or useless material he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain

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2
as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?

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Recent Examples of dreck 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 Told in flashback, the film traces the progress of producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) from B-movie dreck to A-list Oscar winners to box office flops. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreck
  1. garbage
  2. junk
  3. debris
  4. cheese
  5. trash
  6. rubbish
  7. dust
Noun
  • Prosecutors said Aurora was one of seven children, ages 2 months to 17 years, who lived in an east San José house on Lancelot Lane that was filled with cockroaches, pet feces, garbage and mold.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Clean your car full of garbage elsewhere and don’t hold up a line of customers.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • The room smelled of cigarettes and sweat; the floor was littered with clothes, junk-food wrappers, and empty packs of Gauloises.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The latest downgrade follows Fitch plunging the district’s bond rating to junk status in the spring.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of junk
Noun
  • Hours after the collapse in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, emergency services spokesperson Bilal Faizi said that everyone trapped beneath the rubble had been pulled out and crews had cleared debris.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The hurricane had headed for the interior and Palm Beach was already clearing its debris.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of debris
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  • This is also the place for breakfast – a generous buffet of pastries, eggs, fruit and cheese.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Butter, mac and cheese and a sauce lacked common name of the foods.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheese
Noun
  • Officers in riot gear clashed with youths who set up street barricades using burning trash bins.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In another demonstration, Argon helped a Boston Dynamics Spot robot practice opening a foot-pedal trash bin in simulation before attempting the task with physical objects.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of trash
Noun
  • Twisted Teens are far from rubbish, but that isn't stopping them from playing in the trash for their latest music video.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This comes at the expense of no movement in the wrist, but to be fair, having the lightsaber pointed in any other direction would look rubbish.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • And even for those who are holding down jobs, raises and promotions have become like gold dust.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Biddy covered most of the journey on foot—the equivalent of about six million steps—herding animals at the rear of her owner’s wagon company and choking her way through a moving screen of dust kicked up by the migrant caravan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dust

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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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