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schlocks

schlocks is the plural of schlock.

Meaning of schlock

Noun

schlock (countable and uncountable, plural schlocks)

  1. (US, colloquial) 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

Questions about schlocks

What is schlocks the plural of?
Schlocks is the plural of schlock.

Words near schlocks in the dictionary

  1. schlockiest
  2. schlockily
  3. schlockiness
  4. schlockmeister
  5. schlockmeisters
  6. schlocks
  7. schlockster
  8. schlocksters
  9. schlockumentaries
  10. schlockumentary
  11. schlockware

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