Main Entry: ¹trash

Pronunciation: \ˈtrash\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dial. trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus

Date: circa 1518

1 : something worth little or nothing: as a : junk, rubbish b (1) : empty talk : nonsense (2) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (as a television show); especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment (3) : trash talk
2 : something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass; especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material
3 : a worthless person; also : such persons as a group : riffraff