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- [drek]
- /drɛk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [drek]
- /drɛk/
Definitions of dreks word
- noun dreks excrement; dung. 1
- noun dreks worthless trash; junk. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of dreks
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
1920-25; < Yiddish drek; cognate with German Dreck filth; compare Old English threax, Old Norse threkkr excrement
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Dreks
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dreks popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.