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 [ˈrʌbɪʃ]

n

1. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter

2. discarded or waste matter; refuse

3. foolish words or speech; nonsense

vb

(tr) Informal to criticize; attack verbally

[C14 robys, of uncertain origin]

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 unwanted household rubbish

2. nonsense, garbage (chiefly U.S.), drivel, twaddle, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), 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.) He's talking rubbish.

adjective hopeless, incompetent, poor, no good, inadequate, pants (informal), useless (informal), pathetic, inferior, ineffectual He was rubbish at his job.

verb criticize, condemn, censure, disparage, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), put down, slate (informal), have a go at (informal), disapprove of, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, nag at, lambast(e), pick holes in, excoriate, pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon devoted to rubbishing her political opponents

Translations

rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]

A. N

1. → basura f

2. (fig) (= goods, film etc) → basura f, birria f, porquería f; (spoken, written) → tonterías fpl, disparates mpl
he talks a lot of rubbish → no dice más que tonterías
the book is rubbish → la novela es una basura

B. ADJ to be rubbish at sth (Brit) (= useless) → no tener ni idea de algo, ser un negado or (Sp) un manta en algo

C. VT → poner por los suelos

D. CPD rubbish bin N (Brit) → cubo m de la basura, basurero m
rubbish chute N → rampa f de la basura
rubbish collection N → recogida f de basuras, recolección f de la basura
rubbish dump, rubbish heap N → basurero m, vertedero m, basural m (LAm)

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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]

n

(mainly British) (from household) → ordures fpl; (from garden) → déchets mpl; (in streets) → ordures fpl
When do they collect the rubbish? → Quand est-ce qu'ils ramassent les ordures? garden rubbish, household rubbish

(mainly British) (= worthless goods) → camelote f
They sell a lot of rubbish at the market → Ils vendent beaucoup de camelote au marché.

(= rubbishy book, programme) → ânerie f
There is so much rubbish on TV → Il y a tellement d'âneries à la télé.
to be rubbish [film, book, song] → être nul(le); [food] → être dégueulasse >

(mainly British) (= nonsense) → bêtises fpl, âneries fpl
Don't talk rubbish! → Ne dis pas de bêtises!
What you've just said is rubbish → Ce que tu viens de dire est une bêtise.
that's a load of rubbish! → c'est vraiment n'importe quoi!
rubbish! → foutaise!

adj (British) (= useless) → nul(le)
They're a rubbish team! → Cette équipe est nulle!
to be rubbish at sth → être nul à qch

modif [disposal, heap] → des ordures; [heap] → d'ordures rubbish bag

vt

(British) → dénigrer
rubbish bag n → sac m poubelle
rubbish bin n (British) → poubelle f
rubbish collection n → ramassage m des ordures
rubbish dump n (in town) → décharge f
rubbish tip n

(in town) → décharge f

(fig) → dépotoir m

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rubbish (esp Brit)

n

(= waste material) → Abfall m, → Abfälle pl; (= household rubbish, in factory also) → Müll m; (on building site) → Schutt m; (fig: = trashy goods, record etc) → Mist m; household rubbish → Hausmüll m; garden rubbish → Gartenabfälle pl; most modern furniture is rubbish → die meisten modernen Möbel sind nichts wert

(inf: = nonsense) → Quatsch m (inf), → Blödsinn m; don’t talk rubbish! → red keinen Quatsch or Blödsinn! (inf); he talked a lot or a load of rubbish → er hat eine Menge Blödsinn verzapft (inf); (what a lot of) rubbish! → (so ein) Quatsch! (inf); this book is rubbish → das Buch ist Quatsch (inf)

attr (inf)

= rubbishy

I’m rubbish at it → ich bin zu blöd dazu (inf); I’m rubbish at doing it → ich krieg das (einfach) nicht hin (inf)

vt (inf) person, idea → runtermachen (inf)

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rubbish in cpds (esp Brit) → Müll-;

rubbish bin

n → Mülleimer m

rubbish cart

n → Müllwagen m

rubbish chute

n → Müllschlucker m

rubbish collection

n → Müllabfuhr f

rubbish dump

n → Müllabladeplatz m; (in garden: also rubbish heap) → Abfallhaufen m

rubbish tip

n → Müllabladeplatz m

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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]

1. n (waste material) → rifiuti mpl; (household rubbish) → spazzatura, immondizia; (nonsense) → sciocchezze fpl, fesserie fpl; (worthless stuff) → cose fpl senza valore, robaccia
children today eat a lot of rubbish → oggigiorno i bambini mangiano un sacco di porcherie
the film was rubbish → il film non valeva niente
what you've just said is rubbish → stai dicendo sciocchezze
rubbish! (fam) → sciocchezze!, fesserie!

2. vt (fam) → sputtanare

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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]

1. n (waste material) → rifiuti mpl; (household rubbish) → spazzatura, immondizia; (nonsense) → sciocchezze fpl, fesserie fpl; (worthless stuff) → cose fpl senza valore, robaccia
children today eat a lot of rubbish → oggigiorno i bambini mangiano un sacco di porcherie
the film was rubbish → il film non valeva niente
what you've just said is rubbish → stai dicendo sciocchezze
rubbish! (fam) → sciocchezze!, fesserie!

2. vt (fam) → sputtanare

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rubbish

n rubbish [ˈrabiʃ]

1 waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; (also adjective ) a rubbish bin/bag. rommel نُفايَه боклук (na) odpadky, smetí affald; affalds- der Abfall; Abfall... σκουπίδια basura, desperdicios prügi آشغال؛ زباله roskat (à) ordures זֶבֶל कूड़ा-करकट smeće szemét sampah rusl, sorp spazzatura; della spazzatura くず 쓰레기 šiukšlės, šlamštas atkritumi; gruži sampah vuilnis søppel, rusk, boss śmiecie lixo (de) gunoi мусор odpadky, smeti; na smeti odpadki smeće sopor, skräp ขยะ çöp 垃圾 мотлох فالتو شے rác 垃圾

2 nonsense Don't talk rubbish! nonsens كَلام فارِغ глупости nesmysly vrøvl der Blödsinn σαχλαμάρες tonterías, chorradas jama چرند roskapuhe absurdités שְטוּיוֹת अनाप-शनाप glupost(i) ostobaság omong kosong rugl sciocchezze くだらないこと 허튼 소리 nesąmonės, niekai blēņas; muļķības mengarut onzin sludder, vås bzdury tolice prostii чепуха nezmysel neumnost glupost strunt, smörja สิ่งที่ไร้สาระ saçma, zırva, boş lâf 胡說八道，廢話 нісенітниця لغو بات những điều vô nghĩa 胡说八道，废话

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rubbish → تافه, هراء nesmyslný, odpadky affald, elendig Abfall, unsinnig άχρηστος, σκουπίδι basura, pésimo jäte, surkea nul, poubelle bezvezan, smeće immondizia, pessimo ごみ, だめな 쓰레기, 하찮은 afval, waardeloos søppel, tåpelig bzdurny, śmieci besteira, patetice, ruim, sem qualidade дрянной, хлам prata strunt, skräp ขยะ, ที่ไร้สาระ çöp, döküntü rác, vớ vẩn 垃圾, 垃圾的