Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Refuse; garbage.
- noun Worthless material.
- noun Foolish discourse; nonsense.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Waste, broken, or worn-out material; useless fragments or remains collectively, especially of stone; refuse in general.
- noun Any useless or worthless stuff; that which serves no good purpose, or is fit only to be thrown away; trash; trumpery; litter: used of both material and immaterial things.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris.
- noun See Gin block, under
Gin . - adjective Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial Exceedingly
bad ;awful ;terrible ;crappy . - interjection Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
- interjection Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
- noun Australia, New Zealand, UK
Garbage ,junk ,refuse ,waste . - noun
Nonsense . - verb To
denounce , tocriticise , todenigrate , todisparage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
- verb attack strongly
- noun nonsensical talk or writing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I wouldn't care so much except that in the eyes of many this rubbish is the supposed figurehead of all forward-thinking science fiction, and that is patently false.
Is he dead Jim? 2004
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And that which you call rubbish seems to have caught the ear of all Europe.
A Son of the Immortals Louis Tracy 1895
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Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --- It's like dat he meant I should be his heirs --- so it would not be civility in me not to come mineself for mine inheritance. ''
The Antiquary 1845
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I have bought what happened to come in my way at show or auction; I have retained what came in as part of the _undescribed_ portion of miscellaneous auction lots; I have received a few from friends who found them among what they called their rubbish; and I have preserved books sent to me for review.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover
The Antiquary 1584
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The Mail reports that: Millions of voters are to be deprived of their say over how their rubbish is collected.
Democracy Labour style Not a sheep 2009
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Robo calls of rubbish from a bitter old robber baron.
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Arguing that Stephenie Meyer and Laurel K Hamilton are rubbish is like kicing puppies.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
haguremetaru commented on the word rubbish
rubbish is way cooler to say than garbage or trash!
December 10, 2006
sonofgroucho commented on the word rubbish
Rubbish!
June 27, 2007