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- DictionaryRub·bish/ˈrəbiSH/
noun
- 1. waste material; refuse or litter: British "an alleyway high with rubbish"
verb
- 1. criticize severely and reject as worthless: informal British "he has pointedly rubbished professional estimates of the development and running costs"
adjective
- 1. very bad; worthless or useless: informal British "people might say I was a rubbish manager"
4 days ago · 5 meanings: 1. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter 2. discarded or waste matter; refuse 3. foolish words or speech; nonsense.... Click for more definitions.
noun. worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash. nonsense, as in writing or art: sentimental rubbish. Synonyms: bosh, drivel, balderdash, rot. rubbish.
Rubbish is a synonym for garbage or trash. The word is more commonly used by speakers of British English than by speakers of American English. The noun rubbish also means writing or speech that is worthless, untrue, or nonsense, especially in British English.
Rubbish is the usual word in British English for the things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them. Garbage and trash are both used in North American English . Inside the home, garbage tends to mean waste food and other wet material, while trash is paper, card and dry material.
something that is nonsense or wrong: Ignore him, he's talking rubbish. rubbish noun [U] (BAD QUALITY) B2. something that is of bad quality: There's so much rubbish on TV. rubbish. verb [ T ] uk / ˈrʌbɪʃ / us. to criticize someone or something: I wish you wouldn't rubbish everything about the concert - I really enjoyed it! rubbish. adjective.
Rubbish definition: . See examples of RUBBISH used in a sentence.
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]
