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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
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

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

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

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

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, 잡동사니 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 roska absurdités שְטוּיוֹת अनाप-शनाप glupost(i) ostobaság omong kosong rugl sciocchezze くだらないこと 시시한 일, 난센스 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


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