Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Worthless, distasteful, or nonsensical material.
- noun Rubbish; trash.
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- noun
trash ,junk ;worthless merchandise,crap .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Part of the problem was that Paramount was worried they were squandering the momentum of the fourth film but an extra six months used to come up with an interesting and satisfying story as opposed to dreck is never wasted.
15 « July « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Part of the problem was that Paramount was worried they were squandering the momentum of the fourth film but an extra six months used to come up with an interesting and satisfying story as opposed to dreck is never wasted.
Revisiting the Movies – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 2009
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And yes McArdle is middle-brow dreck from a security-state libertarian.
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Plus its allusions and mockery of stuff like ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE and other some-such Holiday dreck is the perfect antidote for that annoying case of Christmas cheer that you may contract.
Flixnjoystix.com! » FlixnJoystix Presents…Bobert’s Favorite Xmas Movies! 2008
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No, it did not turn out O.K. Millions of people who have never been exposed to the excellent Asimov tales now think that piece of screen dreck is what the Good Doctor wrote.
I, Foundation 2004
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They are what Darwin called dreck, which is Yiddish for cocktail waitress. trash, of course.
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They are what Darwin called dreck, which is Yiddish for cocktail waitress. trash, of course.
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They are what Darwin called dreck, which is Yiddish for cocktail waitress. trash, of course.
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Doug Ross: Erickson's point "that the GOP's effort is mostly 'dreck' -- is valid."
Motor City Liberal Johnny C 2010
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September 22 post, blogger Doug Ross linked to Erickson's post and wrote: (emphasis in original) [H]is point -- that the GOP's effort is mostly 'dreck' -- is valid.
Motor City Liberal Johnny C 2010
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