Shrek
/ʃɹɛk/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An extremely ugly person. derogatory, slang
"'Well, well, well, who have we got here? 'A very fat Shrek suddenly loomed up on them. 'Your host at your service,' he said, with a little bow."
Example
More examples"Mr Shrek of the swamplands lived happily in the backwoods until an adventure came knocking at his door."
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”).