rubbish

Definition

  • noun: things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out
  • noun: useless waste or rejected matter
  • verb: to severely criticize (someone or something)
  • synonyms: trash, ruins, débris

Examples

  • ('Brit') We saw a rat run through the 'rubbish tip/dump'. [=('US') garbage dump; an area of land where people can dump their rubbish]

  • ('chiefly Brit') Put the potato peels in the 'rubbish bin'. [=('US') 'garbage can', ('chiefly US') 'trash can']

  • I can't believe you waste your time reading that 'rubbish'. [='garbage']

Movie quotes

  • (..) but Grandpa's coming. - Did you smell it, Dad? - What? That horrid smell from the chimneys. What is it? I think they just burn rubbish there sometimes. - Look. - What? GRETEL: Hey! MOTHER: Gretel. (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas