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Definition of "schlock" [schlock]

  • Something, such as merchandise or literature, that is inferior or shoddy. (noun)
  • Of inferior quality; cheap or shoddy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "schlock" in a sentence
  • "The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior.""
  • "LOL @ film snobs stumbling over themselves to completely dismiss it and come up with more and more obscure indie/arthouse schlock from the aughts."
  • "Sam Raimi has shown in previous films that he always knows better than to take his movies 'subject matter too seriously, and he continues the tradition here, though some of the schlock is too blatant."