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 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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  1. garbage
  2. junk
  3. dust
  4. trash
  5. rubbish
Noun
  • Lira, remembering the garbage, quickly takes out the trash.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Leave the garbage can open and place it in the sun to fully dry before closing it or putting a garbage bag in it.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of garbage
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  • For a piece in this week’s issue, Helfand speaks with all parties involved, and even visits Elvis in his current resting place, amid dusty knickknacks and towering piles of junk in an office behind a mechanic’s garage.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
  • When the children got older [my eldest is now 38], trying to find convenient snacks that weren't full of all kinds of junk was challenging.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of junk
Noun
  • In asthma, the immune system overreacts to harmless environmental elements like pollen, mold, or dust, causing airway inflammation.
    — Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As some know, director/screenwriter Elijah Bynum’s harrowing feature has been collecting dust on the shelf for two years due mostly to Majors’ problems, including his conviction of misdemeanor assaults against Grace Jabbari.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of dust
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  • In the footage, the individual pulls up to the secluded dumpster in their car and quickly dumps the cat on top of the overflowing trash receptacle.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The infant’s body was found in a car seat behind a trash bin in the city of Bellflower, according to previous Bee reporting.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of trash
Noun
  • This dumping exacts a devastating environmental toll—leaching toxic contaminants into water, air, and food, and miring whole regions in growing fields of rubbish.
    — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This includes brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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