schlock

adjective

ˈshläk 

variants or schlocky

ˈshlä-kē 

or less commonly shlock or shlocky

: of low quality or value

schlock noun

Synonyms

• bad
• bargain-basement
• bum
• cheap
• cheapjack
• cheesy
• coarse
• common
• crappy [slang]
• cut-rate
• el cheapo
• execrable
• gimcrack
• inferior
• junky
• lousy
• low-grade
• low-rent
• mediocre
• miserable
• poor
• rotten
• rubbishy
• second-rate
• shoddy
• sleazy
• terrible
• trashy
• trumpery
• wretched

Examples of schlock in a Sentence

a tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs

Recent Examples on the Web

Not that there’s anything remotely extravagant about a schlock programmer whose amateurish acting and sparse production values betray its shoestring budget. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Yiddish shlak evil, nuisance, literally, blow

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for schlock

• balk
• baulk
• bloc
• bock
• broch
• brock
• calk
• caulk
• chalk
• chock
• clock
• cock