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rubbish

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rub·bish  (rbsh)
n.
1. Refuse; garbage.
2. Worthless material.
3. Foolish discourse; nonsense.

[Middle English robishe.]

rubbish
Noun
1. discarded or waste matter
2. anything worthless or of poor quality: the rubbish on television
3. foolish words or speech
Verb
Informal to criticize [origin unknown]
rubbishy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rubbishrubbish - worthless material that is to be disposed of
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
scrap metal - discarded metal suitable for reprocessing; "he finally sold the car for scrap metal"
debris, detritus, junk, rubble, dust - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
2.rubbish - nonsensical talk or writing
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Verb1.rubbish - attack strongly
lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

rubbish
noun 1. waste, refuse, scrap, junk (informal) litter, debris, crap (slang) garbage chiefly U.S. trash, lumber, offal, dross, dregs, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang) dreck (slang), chiefly U.S. offscourings
noun 2. nonsense, garbage chiefly U.S. drivel, twaddle, pants (slang) rot, crap (slang) trash, hot air (informal) tosh (slang), chiefly Brit. pap, bilge (informal) tripe (informal) gibberish, guff (slang) havers Scot. moonshine, claptrap (informal) hogwash, hokum (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. codswallop Brit. (slang) piffle (informal) poppycock (informal) balderdash, bosh (informal) wack U.S. (slang) eyewash (informal) stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang) tommyrot, horsefeathers U.S. (slang) bunkum or buncombe chiefly U.S. bizzo Austral. (slang) bull's wool Austral., N.Z. (slang)
Translations
Spanish rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] (BRIT) n (from household) → basura (= waste); desperdicios mpl;
(fig) (pej) → tonterías fpl (= trash); basura, porquería
vt (col) → poner por los suelos;
what you've just said is rubbish → lo que acabas de decir es una tontería

French rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] n (from household) → ordures fpl (fig) (pej) → choses fpl sans valeur; camelote f (= nonsense); bêtises fpl, idioties fpl
vt (Brit) (inf) → dénigrer, rabaisser;
what you've just said is rubbish → tu viens de dire une bêtise

German rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] (Brit) n (waste) → Abfall m (fig) (junk) → Schrott m: (pej) (nonsense) → Quatsch m
vt (inf) → heruntermachen;
rubbish! → Quatsch!

Italian rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] n (from household) → immondizie fpl; rifiuti mpl;
(fig) (pej) → cose fpl senza valore; robaccia (= nonsense); sciocchezze fpl
vt (col) → sputtanare;
what you've just said is rubbish → quello che ha appena detto è una sciocchezza

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WHEN this happened, the Flopsy Bunnies went across the field to a rubbish heap, in the ditch outside Mr.
We went up to the attic, and there, among I know not what rubbish that had been gathered during the thirty years we have inhabited that house, was the picture.
I traded him a lot of rubbish which, being unpawnable, was useless to me.
 
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