Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Schlock |
SchlockNoun1. (slang) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SchlockSynonyms: dreck (n), shlock (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Or you can play some schlock (Achy Breaky Song; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Schlock (1973) Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001) Future Schlock (1984) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Schlock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Schlock" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "schlock": schlock-shops. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
schlock | 14 |
mercenary schlock | 13 |
blazon schlock sperm sperm | 3 |
35 schlock | 3 |
n roll schlock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "schlock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | rossz minőségű áru, ócskaság (bric-a-brac, duds, junk, shocker). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockschlay.(various references) | |
Russian | халтура (bust, hackwork, potboiler, quickie, trash), хлам (junk, lumber, odd-come-short, rubbish, rummage, shoddy), барахло, дрянь (draff, gunk, nit, rotter, stuff, trash). (various references) | |
Thai | ราคาถูก (cheapness, low-priced, schlocky, shoestring), ซึ่งมีคุ" าพเลว. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| German | 100 BCE-Modern | Schlacke. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "schlock": schlockmeister, schlockmeisters, schlocks, schlocky. (additional references) | |
| |
"Schlock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chelnock, Csillick, Mccullock, Scalco, Scheleske, Scheloske, Schilacci, schlack, schleck, Schlich, schlocky, schlossi, schmock, Schmoke, schock, Schork, schrock, Schtonk, Schylake, Shalock, shlock, shlok, shluck, Skalicky. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "schlock" (pronounced shlÄ"k) |
| 3 | -l Ä" k | antilock, bloc, block, clock, floc, flock, interlock, Loch, lock, unlock. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-k-l-o-s" | |
-1 letter: chocks, clocks, shlock. | |
-2 letters: chock, clock, hocks, holks, kohls, lochs, locks, shock. | |
-3 letters: cols, cosh, hock, holk, hols, kohl, loch, lock, sock. | |
-4 letters: col, cos, kos, ohs, sol. | |
-5 letters: ho, lo, oh, os, sh, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-k-l-o-s" | |
+1 letter: schlocks, schlocky. | |
+2 letters: charlocks, sackcloth. | |
+3 letters: backcloths, chuckholes, lockstitch, matchlocks, sackcloths. | |
+4 letters: chucklesome, cockleshell, shuttlecock. | |
+5 letters: breechblocks, cockleshells, electroshock, lockstitched, lockstitches, shuttlecocks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
