rubbish
pronunciation
How to pronounce rubbish in British English:
UK [ˈrʌbɪʃ]
How to pronounce rubbish in American English:
US [ˈrʌbɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- worthless material that is to be disposed of
- nonsensical talk or writing
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- Verb:
- attack strongly
Word Origin
- rubbish (n.)
- c. 1400, robous, from Anglo-French rubouses (late 14c.), of unknown origin. No apparent cognates in Old French; apparently somehow related to rubble (see OED). Spelling with -ish is from late 15c. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang. Related: Rubbished; rubbishing.
Example
- 1. He earns around 5500 pesos a day recycling rubbish .
- 2. Put nothing in , get rubbish out .
- 3. Our professors tell us it 's rubbish and try to dissuade us from reading it .
- 4. It was just a bit of marketing rubbish from the bbc a reference to his no-nonsense cooking style .
- 5. Rubble and rubbish lie everywhere .