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rubbish

/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/noun, verb2 syllables

Rubbish means: nonsensical talk or writing.

Synonyms for rubbish23

noun, as in nonsensical talk or writing

folderol, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop

noun, as in worthless material that is to be disposed of

trash, scrap

also used for rubbish

cultch, crap, debris, dreck, drek, garbage, gash, junk, litter, pelf, cheapie, crapola, hunk of junk, load of bull, load of crap

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What does rubbish mean?3

noun

1

nonsensical talk or writing

2

worthless material that is to be disposed of

verb

1

attack strongly

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rubbish in a sentence

  • Newspapers go in the paper-recycling bin, not in with the general rubbish.sundown
  • When she sees the lorry, she takes the rubbish out.sundown
  • They looked at the rubbish, then they looked at each other.voxbubnya
  • The richer the city, the more rubbish it generates.AlanF_US
  • The older a city is, the more rubbish it produces.sundown
  • You always say you'll take the rubbish out, but you never do.sundown
  • When you go out, take the rubbish with you.sundown
  • Every month, tonnes of rubbish end up in landfill.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of rubbish

as a noun

plural
rubbishes

as a verb

third-person singular
rubbishes
present participle
rubbishing
past participle
rubbished
past tense
rubbished