Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.

    Mist, Müll, Ramsch

    merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

Examples

2 sentences

  1. His company did cheaply produced pornography and schlock films.

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  2. I don't know many people who like to watch schlock films.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
commodity that is shoddy or inferior:

Origin

From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).

From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).

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Forms

plural: schlocks
Singularschlock
Pluralschlocks

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
garbageA1rubbishB1cheapiecrapolagashhunk of junkload of bullload of crapload of shitpiece of crappiece of garbagepiece of junkpiece of shitpiece of trash
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relatedschlockiness
Derivedschlockbusterschlockerschlockfestschlockmeisterschlockumentaryschlockwareschlocky

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
schismschizophreniaschizophrenicschmuckschnappsschnitzel
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