Rubbish | Mean of rubbish in English Dictionary
/ˈrʌbɪʃ/
- Noun
- things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out
- Please, pick the rubbish up off the ground.
- (Brit) We saw a rat run through the rubbish tip/dump. [=(US) garbage dump; an area of land where people can dump their rubbish]
- (chiefly Brit) Put the potato peels in the rubbish bin. [=(US) garbage can, (chiefly US) trash can]
- words or ideas that are foolish or untrue
- I think what he says is absolute rubbish!
- That's (a load of) rubbish! I didn't cheat on the test.
- “I'm sorry, but I had to do it.” “Rubbish!”
- something that is worthless, unimportant, or of poor quality
- The food at that restaurant is complete rubbish.
- I can't believe you waste your time reading that rubbish. [=garbage]
- Verb
- to severely criticize (someone or something)
- The critics rubbished [=(US) trashed] her new book.