Rubbish definition

rŭbĭsh

Worthless material.

noun

Refuse; garbage.

noun

Any material rejected or thrown away as worthless; trash; refuse.

noun

verb

Foolish discourse; nonsense.

noun

Rubbish is defined as garbage or something thrown away, or worthless ideas.

An example of rubbish is a pair of smelly old sneakers that are full of holes.

noun

(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...

interjection

Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish. How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?

noun

Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.

noun

verb

Worthless, foolish ideas, statements, etc.; nonsense.

noun

(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.

adjective

Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.

Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!

interjection

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

The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.

noun

Origin of rubbish

Middle English robishe

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

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