schlock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.

/ʃlɒk/ /ʃlɑk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schlock.wav

schlock schlocks

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

shlock schlockiness

schlockbuster schlocker schlockfest schlockmeister schlockumentary schlockware schlocky

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