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   Rub·bish

   /ˈrəbiSH/

   

   noun

   • 1. waste material; refuse or litter: British "an alleyway high with rubbish" Similar refusewastegarbagelitterdiscarded matterdebrisdetritusscrapdrossflotsam and jetsamlumbersweepingsleavingsleftoversscrapsdregsoffscouringsodds and endsmucktrashmullockinformal:dreckjunkgrotgashdebitagerare:draffraffleraffcultchorts
   • ▪ material that is considered unimportant or valueless: British "she had to sift through the rubbish in every drawer"
   • ▪ absurd, nonsensical, or worthless talk or ideas: British "I suppose you believe that rubbish about vampires" Similar nonsensebalderdashgibberishclaptrapblarneyblatherblethermoonshineinformal:hogwashbaloneytripedrivelbilgeboshbullbunkrothot aireyewashpifflepoppycockphooeyhooeymalarkeytwaddleguffdribblegobbledygookinformal:codswallopcockcobblersstuff and nonsensetoshtaradiddlecackhaverscodologygarbageflapdoodleblatherswackbushwaapplesaucedookiebellywashinformal, dated:bunkumtommyrotcodgammontoffeevulgar slang:shitcrapbullshitballscrapolabulldustOpposite sense

   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"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous; perhaps related to Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubble. The change in the ending was due to association with -ish1. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang.

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