Rubbish definition
An example of rubbish is a pair of smelly old sneakers that are full of holes.
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...
This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
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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