Rubbish Definition

rŭbĭsh
noun
Refuse; garbage.
American Heritage
Any material rejected or thrown away as worthless; trash; refuse.
Webster's New World
Worthless, foolish ideas, statements, etc.; nonsense.
Webster's New World

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK) Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.

The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
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Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
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verb

Trash.

Webster's New World

(UK) To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

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adjective

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.

This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
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interjection
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
Aw, rubbish! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
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Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
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Origin of Rubbish

  • Anglo-Norman rubouses, of Unknown origin; presumably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raub- (“to break") (from whence rob, via meaning “plunder, destroy"). Related to rubble. In verb sense “to criticize", attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English robishe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rubbish Sentence Examples

  • We breathe the fumes, pick up the rubbish.

  • Rubbish in your green bin should be bagged up.

  • The unhealthiness of the city is chiefly due to want of proper drainage, impure drinkingwater, miasma from the disturbed rubbish heaps, and contaminated dust from the uncleansed roads and streets.

  • This cavity was filled with rubbish, sherds, &c., the latest of which was found to date as far back as the beginning of the Middle Minoan age, and the later work of 1908 only proved (by means of a small shaft sunk through the debris) that the rock floor was 52 ft.

  • Rubbish they can always find in a used dustbin.

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Words Starting With

RRURUB

Words Ending With

HSHISH

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