SCHLOCK


Meaning of SCHLOCK in English

[ ʃlɒk ]

■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. cheap or inferior goods; trash.

Derivatives

~y adjective

Origin

early 20th cent.: appar. from Yiddish shlak 'an apoplectic stroke', shlog 'wretch, untidy person'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.