What does rubbish mean?
Definitions for rubbish
ˈrʌb ɪʃrub·bish
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rubbish.
Princeton's WordNet
rubbish, trash, scrapnoun
worthless material that is to be disposed of
folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallopverb
nonsensical talk or writing
rubbishverb
attack strongly
Wiktionary
rubbishnoun
Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
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?
rubbishverb
To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
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.
rubbishinterjection
Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
rubbishinterjection
Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Rubbishnoun
waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris
Rubbishadjective
of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy
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 Dictionary
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.]
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rubbish' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1299
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rubbish' in Nouns Frequency: #1685
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rubbish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rubbish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of rubbish in a Sentence
I think it’s true that there are tactical reasons for Ryan doing this to protect his members, the more cynical comments have been about [Ryan] looking for his own run for 2020, in the future; he is trying to appease his donors. I think that is rubbish.
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.
For people to complain about it and say they don't want children to see it is absolute rubbish, i know people who don't like gay people and make a fuss. It's a very small moment in the movie, no one should get too excited.
They think the refugees who come to Germany had nothing back home, lived in corrugated iron huts and should be thankful to have running water here. But that's rubbish, and the idea they're living in wonderland now even though some sleep in tent cities and gymnasiums is absolute nonsense.
A lot of rubbish like plastics, paper bags ... are thrown outside the city.
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- odpadky, nesmyslCzech
- ysbwrielWelsh
- vrøvlDanish
- Abfall, Müll, Quatsch, Unsinn, BlödsinnGerman
- τρίχες, σκουπίδιαGreek
- ruboEsperanto
- desperdiciosSpanish
- pahus, roskat, roskaaFinnish
- décombres, ordures, n'importe quoi, déchets, inepties, pourri, absurditésFrench
- bruscar, ráiméisIrish
- sgudalScottish Gaelic
- szemétHungarian
- աղբArmenian
- eskombroIdo
- corbelleria, sciocchezza, schifezza, spazzatura, cretinata, immondizia, rifiuti, sciocchezze, assurditàItalian
- זבלHebrew
- こき下ろす, 酷評, 廃品, ガラクタ, ゴミ, くだらない, 屑, ばかばかしい, クズJapanese
- სისულელეGeorgian
- 汚物, 쓰레기, 오물Korean
- parahanga, mehoMāori
- afval, onzin, vuilnisDutch
- søppel, boss, avfallNorwegian
- tsʼiilzéíNavajo, Navaho
- śmieciPolish
- besteira, asneira, criticar, horrível, porcaria, lixoPortuguese
- ерунда, чепуха, хлам, мусорRussian
- odpadSlovak
- ขยะThai
- çöpTurkish
- گندگیUrdu
- rácVietnamese
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