noun · uncountable · rare

dreck

Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuffTrash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.

/dɹɛk/

» I shvitzed the whole day while schlepping that dreck around.

Meaning

1 senses

(informal, uncountable)Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.

More definitions

merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

Examples

1 sentences

I shvitzed the whole day while schlepping that dreck around.
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Origin

From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German

From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz. Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).

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