Sekirov Dictionary

rubbish

/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/

noun 4
exclamation 2
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 7

noun4

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(Commonwealth) garbage, or any other waste that people have thrown away or left lying around
- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
•
(Commonwealth) 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?
•
(Commonwealth) An item, or items, of low quality.
- Much of what they sell is utter rubbish.
•
(no longer used) Debris or ruins of buildings; rubble.
- E'er since poor Cheapside cross in rubbage lay, […] — 1646

exclamation2

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(UK, informal) Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!
- Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
•
(UK, informal) Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.
- - The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson. - Aw, rubbish! Though at least this means you have time to play football.

verb2

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(UK, informal) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.
- We're messing around at work, the three of us, getting ready to go home and rubbishing each other's five best side one track ones of all time [...] — 1995
(Australia, Hong-Kong) To litter.

adjective1

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(UK, informal) Exceedingly bad; awful.
- This has been a rubbish day, and it’s about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.

forms

rubbished · rubbishing · rubbishes · more rubbish · rubbisher · most rubbish · rubbishest

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