Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrek

/ʃɹɛk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
shrek
IPA
/ʃɹɛk/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely ugly person.

Derogatory; Slang

verb

To engage in Shrekking.

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Etymology

From the fictional ogre Shrek, created by the American author William Steig for his 1990 picture book Shrek! and popularized by the DreamWorks computer-animated movie franchise, whose name derives from Yiddish שרעק (shrek, “fright”).

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Questions

How do you pronounce shrek?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɹɛk/.
What does shrek mean?
An extremely ugly person.
Where does shrek come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce shrek

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