rubbish

rub·bish  (rbsh)

n.

1. Refuse; garbage.

2. Worthless material.

3. Foolish discourse; nonsense.

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[Middle English robishe.]

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rubbish - worthless material that is to be disposed of trash, scrap 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 codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, trash 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"
Verb	1.	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"

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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

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

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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

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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] (Brit) n (waste) → Abfall m (fig) (junk) → Schrott m: (pej) (nonsense) → Quatsch m

vt (inf) → heruntermachen;

rubbish! → Quatsch!

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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