drecky
/ˈdɹɛki/
drecky adjective: trashy, worthless.
Adjective
drecky (comparative dreckier, superlative dreckiest)
- trashy, worthless
- She hated to think of her father kneeling beneath his workbench and locating that penciled heart, hated the idea of Don Armour’s drecky insinuations entering her father’s prudish ears, hated to imagine how keenly it offended a man of such discipline and privacy to learn that Don Armour had been...2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
- And lenders still would suffer negative consequences for selling a bad product, even if they could get away with it for a while, such as loss of reputation due to inferior deal performance, losses on retained interests, and poor pricing for the drecky mortgages.2011, Thomas Adams, Yves Smith, FCIC Report Misses Central Issue: Why Was There Demand for Bad Mortgage Loans?
Synonyms of drecky
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Forms of drecky
| comparative | dreckier |
|---|---|
| superlative | dreckiest |
Origin of drecky
From dreck + -y. Related to German dreckig (“dirty, trashy”).
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Questions about drecky
- What does drecky mean?
- Drecky means trashy, worthless.
- What part of speech is drecky?
- Drecky is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce drecky?
- Drecky is pronounced /ˈdɹɛki/ (UK).
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