schlock
/ʃlɒk/US/ʃlɑk/
schlock noun: any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
Noun
schlock (countable and uncountable, plural schlocks)
- Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
- Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog, New York: Knopf, page 148
- “The Kingdom of the Wicked” is not Mr. Burgess at the top of his bent. It is not schlock. It is too individual, too original for that; […].1985 September 22, John Crowley, “St. Paul Meets Nero”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- cheapie, crapola, garbage, gash, hunk of junk, load of bull, load of crap, load of shit, piece of crap, piece of garbage
Synonyms of schlock
- cheapie
- crapola
- garbage
- gash
- hunk of junk
- load of bull
- load of crap
- load of shit
- piece of crap
- piece of garbage
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Forms of schlock
| plural | schlocks |
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Origin of schlock
From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).
Words formed from schlock
- schlockbuster
- schlocker
- schlockfest
- schlock house
- schlock-house
- schlockmeister
- schlockumentary
- schlockware
- schlocky
Words that rhyme with schlock
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
Questions about schlock
- What does schlock mean?
- Schlock means any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
- What part of speech is schlock?
- Schlock is a noun.
- How do you pronounce schlock?
- Schlock is pronounced /ʃlɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of schlock?
- The plural of schlock is schlocks.
Words near schlock in the dictionary
Source and license
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