dreck
pronunciation
How to pronounce dreck in British English:
UK [drek]
How to pronounce dreck in American English:
US [drɛk]
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- Noun:
- merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
Word Origin
- dreck (n.)
- "filth, trash," 1922, from Yiddish drek (German dreck), from Middle High German drec, from Proto-Germanic *threkka (cognates: Old English þreax "rubbish," Old Frisian threkk), perhaps connected to Greek skatos "dung," Latin stercus "excrement," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Example
- 1. Picking up that dreck off the street.are you suicidal ? Do you have aids ?