Definitions for rubbish
ˈrʌb ɪʃrub·bish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rubbish, trash, scrapnoun

   worthless material that is to be disposed of

2. folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallopverb

   nonsensical talk or writing

3. rubbishverb

   attack strongly

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. rubbishnoun

   Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.

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

2. rubbishnoun

   Nonsense.

   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?

3. rubbishverb

   To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

4. rubbishadjective

   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.

5. rubbishinterjection

   Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.

6. rubbishinterjection

   Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.

   Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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1. rubbish

   Rubbish refers to waste material or unwanted items that are discarded and considered useless or valueless. It can include household waste, litter, or any material that is beyond its usefulness and is intended for disposal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rubbishnoun

   waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris

2. Rubbishadjective

   of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy

3. Etymology: [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of rubble. See Robe, and cf. Rubble.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rubbish

   rub′ish, n. waste matter: the fragments of ruinous buildings: any mingled mass: nonsense: trash: trumpery: litter.—n. Rubb′ish-heap, a pile of rubbish.—adj. Rubb′ishing, trashy: paltry.—n. Rubb′ish-pull′ey, a gin-block.—adj. Rubb′ishy, worthless. [M. E. robows, robeux—O. Fr. robeux, pl. of robel, dim. of robe, robbe, trash, whence also rubble; cf. It. roba, rubbish, spoil.]

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Waste

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rubbish' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1299

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rubbish' in Nouns Frequency: #1685

How to pronounce rubbish?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say rubbish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rubbish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rubbish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rubbish in a Sentence

1. Heriberto Galindo:

   The new PRI, whether it's called the PRI, or it changes its name, has to get rid of all the rubbish, all the parasites who have done so much damage to the party.

2. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto:

   Finally, the mounting tsunami rubbish was cleared. For such a huge job like that, the world didn't leave us alone to face it.

3. Nicholas Strausfeld:

   They said, Rubbish, lot of nonsense.

4. Angelique Hilaire:

   I can't afford to rent anywhere else, every time it rains I pray to God for it to stop. But what can I do ? Even a short downpour can leave the capital flooded as piles of rubbish on the streets and debris filled canals block drains, which exacerbates flooding. Natural disasters linked to climate change will only get more frequent and extreme in the future, experts say. Decades of deforestation have left Haiti even more exposed to natural disasters, with less than three percent of its original forest cover still intact, according to the UNDP. This causes soil erosion and reduces the ability of soil to retain water, making Haiti more vulnerable to flooding and landslides. During heavy rainfall, there are few trees to stop water washing down the bare mountains. While 5.5 million tree seedlings have been planted in Haiti by the UNDP since 2010, not enough has been done to stop people cutting down trees in the first place. Selling charcoal, which comes from burning wood, is used for cooking and is a key source of income for many Haitians living in the countryside. .

5. Robert Stevens:

   The rubbish that was spouted about Trump yesterday, it’s complete unjustified vitriol against him, i’m not a massive Trump fan but the geezer in my opinion has done nothing wrong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rubbish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rubbish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rubbish
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubbish
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rubbish