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rub·bish

(rŭb′ĭsh)

1. Refuse; garbage.

2. Worthless material.

3. Foolish discourse; nonsense.

[Middle English robishe.]

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rubbish

(ˈrʌbɪʃ)

1. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter

2. discarded or waste matter; refuse

3. foolish words or speech; nonsense

(tr) informal to criticize; attack verbally

[C14 robys, of uncertain origin]

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rub•bish

(ˈrʌb ɪʃ)

n.

1. worthless material that is rejected or thrown out; litter; trash.

2. nonsense, as in writing or art: sentimental rubbish.

[1350–1400; Middle English rubbes, rob(b)ous]

rub′bish•y, adj.

rubbish

bilge - Can mean "nonsense, rubbish."
culch - Rubbish or refuse, or meat scraps.
flathers - A synonym for rubbish or dirt.
quisquilious, quisquiliary, quisquilian - Quisquilious and quisquiliary mean "having the nature of refuse or rubbish," and quisquilian means "consisting of trash or rubbish."

rubbish

In British English, waste food and other unwanted things that you throw away are called rubbish.

Illegal dumping of household rubbish was very common.

In American English, waste food is called garbage and other things that are thrown away are called trash.

There were rotting piles of garbage everywhere.

They dumped their trash on the street.

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rubbish

Past participle: rubbished
Gerund: rubbishing

Imperative
rubbish
rubbish

Present
I rubbish
you rubbish
he/she/it rubbishes
we rubbish
you rubbish
they rubbish

Preterite
I rubbished
you rubbished
he/she/it rubbished
we rubbished
you rubbished
they rubbished

Present Continuous
I am rubbishing
you are rubbishing
he/she/it is rubbishing
we are rubbishing
you are rubbishing
they are rubbishing

Present Perfect
I have rubbished
you have rubbished
he/she/it has rubbished
we have rubbished
you have rubbished
they have rubbished

Past Continuous
I was rubbishing
you were rubbishing
he/she/it was rubbishing
we were rubbishing
you were rubbishing
they were rubbishing

Past Perfect
I had rubbished
you had rubbished
he/she/it had rubbished
we had rubbished
you had rubbished
they had rubbished

Future
I will rubbish
you will rubbish
he/she/it will rubbish
we will rubbish
you will rubbish
they will rubbish

Future Perfect
I will have rubbished
you will have rubbished
he/she/it will have rubbished
we will have rubbished
you will have rubbished
they will have rubbished

Future Continuous
I will be rubbishing
you will be rubbishing
he/she/it will be rubbishing
we will be rubbishing
you will be rubbishing
they will be rubbishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rubbishing
you have been rubbishing
he/she/it has been rubbishing
we have been rubbishing
you have been rubbishing
they have been rubbishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rubbishing
you will have been rubbishing
he/she/it will have been rubbishing
we will have been rubbishing
you will have been rubbishing
they will have been rubbishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rubbishing
you had been rubbishing
he/she/it had been rubbishing
we had been rubbishing
you had been rubbishing
they had been rubbishing

Conditional
I would rubbish
you would rubbish
he/she/it would rubbish
we would rubbish
you would rubbish
they would rubbish

Past Conditional
I would have rubbished
you would have rubbished
he/she/it would have rubbished
we would have rubbished
you would have rubbished
they would have rubbished

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rubbish

garbage

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Noun	1.	rubbish - worthless material that is to be disposed of trash, scrap waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" scrap metal - discarded metal suitable for reprocessing; "he finally sold the car for scrap metal" debris, detritus, junk, rubble, dust - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
	2.	rubbish - nonsensical talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, trash drivel, garbage - a worthless message jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Verb	1.	rubbish - attack strongly lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

rubbish

noun

1. waste, refuse, scrap, junk (informal), litter, debris, crap (slang), garbage (chiefly U.S.), trash, lumber, offal, dross, dregs, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang), dreck (slang, chiefly U.S.), offscourings unwanted household rubbish

2. nonsense, garbage (chiefly U.S.), drivel, twaddle, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scot.), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), codswallop (Brit. slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (U.S. slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) He's talking rubbish.

adjective hopeless, incompetent, poor, no good, inadequate, pants (informal), useless (informal), pathetic, inferior, ineffectual He was rubbish at his job.

verb criticize, condemn, censure, disparage, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), put down, slate (informal), have a go at (informal), disapprove of, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, nag at, lambast(e), pick holes in, excoriate, pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon devoted to rubbishing her political opponents

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rubbish

noun

Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

Translations

تافِهكَلام فارِغنُفايَههُرَاء

odpadkysmetímizernýnesmyslnesmysly

affaldelendigvrøvl

Abfall Blödsinn Fez MüllNebbich

απόρριμμα άχρηστος σκουπίδι

basura bodrio chorradas desperdicios pésimo

jätesurkea

absurdités débris déchets nul ordures

bezvezansmeće

szemét

ruglrusl, sorp

immondizia insulsaggine pessimo rifiuti rottami

ごみだめな

쓰레기하찮은

atkritumiblēņasgružimuļķības

afval vuilnis waardeloos

boss søppel tåpelig

bzdurny śmieci

lixo ruim sem qualidade

белиберда хлам чепуха дрянной ерунда

na smeti

neumnostodpadki

prata struntskräp

ขยะที่ไร้สาระ

çöp saçma zırva berbatboş lâf

rácvớ vẩn

垃圾垃圾的废话糟透的胡说八道

rubbish

[ˈrʌbɪʃ]

A. N

1. → basura f

2. (fig) (= goods, film etc) → basura f, birria f, porquería f; (spoken, written) → tonterías fpl, disparates mpl
he talks a lot of rubbish → no dice más que tonterías
the book is rubbish → la novela es una basura

B. ADJ to be rubbish at sth (Brit) (= useless) → no tener ni idea de algo, ser un negado or (Sp) un manta en algo

C. VT → poner por los suelos

D. CPD rubbish bin N (Brit) → cubo m de la basura, basurero m
rubbish chute N → rampa f de la basura
rubbish collection N → recogida f de basuras, recolección f de la basura
rubbish dump, rubbish heap N → basurero m, vertedero m, basural m (LAm)

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rubbish

[ˈrʌbɪʃ]

(mainly British) (from household) → ordures fpl; (from garden) → déchets mpl; (in streets) → ordures fpl
When do they collect the rubbish? → Quand est-ce qu'ils ramassent les ordures? garden rubbish, household rubbish

(mainly British) (= worthless goods) → camelote f
They sell a lot of rubbish at the market → Ils vendent beaucoup de camelote au marché.

(= rubbishy book, programme) → ânerie f
There is so much rubbish on TV → Il y a tellement d'âneries à la télé.
to be rubbish [film, book, song] → être nul(le); [food] → être dégueulasse

(mainly British) (= nonsense) → bêtises fpl, âneries fpl
Don't talk rubbish! → Ne dis pas de bêtises!
What you've just said is rubbish → Ce que tu viens de dire est une bêtise.
that's a load of rubbish! → c'est vraiment n'importe quoi!
rubbish! → foutaise!

adj (British) (= useless) → nul(le)
They're a rubbish team! → Cette équipe est nulle!
to be rubbish at sth → être nul à qch

modif [disposal, heap] → des ordures; [heap] → d'ordures rubbish bag

(British) → dénigrerrubbish bag n → sac m poubellerubbish bin n (British) → poubelle frubbish collection n → ramassage m des orduresrubbish dump n (in town) → décharge frubbish tip n

(in town) → décharge f

(fig) → dépotoir m

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rubbish

(esp Brit)

(= waste material) → Abfall m, → Abfälle pl; (= household rubbish, in factory also) → Müll m; (on building site) → Schutt m; (fig: = trashy goods, record etc) → Mist m; household rubbish → Hausmüll m; garden rubbish → Gartenabfälle pl; most modern furniture is rubbish → die meisten modernen Möbel sind nichts wert

(inf: = nonsense) → Quatsch m (inf), → Blödsinn m; don’t talk rubbish! → red keinen Quatsch or Blödsinn! (inf); he talked a lot or a load of rubbish → er hat eine Menge Blödsinn verzapft (inf); (what a lot of) rubbish! → (so ein) Quatsch! (inf); this book is rubbish → das Buch ist Quatsch (inf)

attr (inf)

= rubbishy

I’m rubbish at it → ich bin zu blöd dazu (inf); I’m rubbish at doing it → ich krieg das (einfach) nicht hin (inf)

vt (inf) person, idea → runtermachen (inf)

rubbish

in cpds (esp Brit) → Müll-;

rubbish bin

n → Mülleimer m

rubbish cart

n → Müllwagen m

rubbish chute

n → Müllschlucker m

rubbish collection

n → Müllabfuhr f

rubbish dump

n → Müllabladeplatz m; (in garden: also rubbish heap) → Abfallhaufen m

rubbish tip

n → Müllabladeplatz m

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rubbish

[ˈrʌbɪʃ]

1. n (waste material) → rifiuti mpl; (household rubbish) → spazzatura, immondizia; (nonsense) → sciocchezze fpl, fesserie fpl; (worthless stuff) → cose fpl senza valore, robaccia
children today eat a lot of rubbish → oggigiorno i bambini mangiano un sacco di porcherie
the film was rubbish → il film non valeva niente
what you've just said is rubbish → stai dicendo sciocchezze
rubbish! (fam) → sciocchezze!, fesserie!

2. vt (fam) → sputtanare

rubbish

(ˈrabiʃ) noun

1. waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away. Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; (also adjective) a rubbish bin/bag.

2. nonsense. Don't talk rubbish!

rubbish

→ تافِه, هُرَاء mizerný, odpadky affald, elendig Abfall, unsinnig άχρηστος, σκουπίδι basura, pésimo jäte, surkea déchets, nul bezvezan, smeće immondizia, pessimo ごみ, だめな 쓰레기, 하찮은 afval, waardeloos søppel, tåpelig bzdurny, śmieci lixo, ruim, sem qualidade дрянной, хлам prata strunt, skräp ขยะ, ที่ไร้สาระ berbat, çöp rác, vớ vẩn 垃圾的, 糟透的

Where do we leave the trash? (US)
Where do we leave the rubbish? (UK) → Kde máme nechat odpadky? → Hvor skal vi sætte affaldet? → Wo kommt der Müll hin? → ¿Dónde se deja la basura? → Minne roskat jätetään? → Gdje da ostavljamo smeće? → Dove lasciamo l'immondizia? → Waar moet het afval heen? → Hvor kaster vi søppelet? → Gdzie mamy zostawić śmieci? → Onde nós podemos colocar o lixo? → Var skall vi lämna soporna? → Çöpü nereye bırakacağız? → Chúng tôi để rác ở đâu? → 垃圾放在哪儿？

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WHEN this happened, the Flopsy Bunnies went across the field to a rubbish heap, in the ditch outside Mr.

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But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. He was much annoyed.

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`People would laugh at us.' So she took it into an attic and put it away with all sorts of rubbish, for my wife can never throw anything away.

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She put it to herself as indelicately as possible, in the hope that her brain would cry, "Rubbish, you're a self-conscious fool!" But her brain only tingled a little and was silent, and for a time she sat gazing at the mincing waves, and wondering whether the news would seem strange to the others.

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By the rubbish in our wake, and the noble noise we make, Be sure, be sure, we're going to do some splendid things!

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"Rubbish! Because she is my servant, is that a reason for turning her out?

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These piteous wrecks that are my comrades here say we have reached the bottom of the scale, the final humiliation; they say that when a horse is no longer worth the weeds and discarded rubbish they feed to him, they sell him to the bull-ring for a glass of brandy, to make sport for the people and perish for their pleasure.

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He came sliding down the rubbish and crept beside me in the darkness, inarticulate, gesticulating, and for a moment I shared his panic.

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Poetry is rubbish. Even boys at school ought to be whipped for writing it.

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I traded him a lot of rubbish which, being unpawnable, was useless to me.

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They want to hear nothing of any one walking above their heads; and so they put wood and earth and rubbish betwixt me and their heads.

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"Grown up," Miss Rachael protested vigorously, "rubbish!"

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