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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Refuse; garbage.
  2. n. Worthless material.
  3. n. Foolish discourse; nonsense.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Waste, broken, or worn-out material; useless fragments or remains collectively, especially of stone; refuse in general.
  2. n. Any useless or worthless stuff; that which serves no good purpose, or is fit only to be thrown away; trash; trumpery; litter: used of both material and immaterial things.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
  2. interj. Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
  3. interj. Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
  4. n. Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
  5. n. Nonsense.
  6. v. To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris.
  2. adj. Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. worthless material that is to be disposed of
  2. v. attack strongly
  3. n. nonsensical talk or writing

Etymologies

  1. Middle English robishe.

Examples

  • “I wouldn't care so much except that in the eyes of many this rubbish is the supposed figurehead of all forward-thinking science fiction, and that is patently false.”

    Is he dead Jim?

  • “And that which you call rubbish seems to have caught the ear of all Europe.”

    A Son of the Immortals

  • “Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --- It's like dat he meant I should be his heirs --- so it would not be civility in me not to come mineself for mine inheritance. '”

    The Antiquary

  • “I have bought what happened to come in my way at show or auction; I have retained what came in as part of the _undescribed_ portion of miscellaneous auction lots; I have received a few from friends who found them among what they called their rubbish; and I have preserved books sent to me for review.”

    A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)

  • “Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover Maister Mishdigoat's own monumentsh --”

    The Antiquary — Volume 02

  • “Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover”

    The Antiquary

  • “The Mail reports that: Millions of voters are to be deprived of their say over how their rubbish is collected.”

    Democracy Labour style

  • “Robo calls of rubbish from a bitter old robber baron.”

    McCain uses the phone to target colleagues

  • “Arguing that Stephenie Meyer and Laurel K Hamilton are rubbish is like kicing puppies.”

    MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa)

  • “Biodegradable rubbish is burned to facilitate quick disintegration.”

    More Trek | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

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