trash

¹trash

noun \ˈtrash\

Definition of TRASH

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

Examples of TRASH

1. Take out the trash, please.
2. I put the dirty diaper in the trash.
3. I can't believe you're reading that trash.
4. She thinks that they're all trash.

Origin of TRASH

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

First Known Use: circa 1518

Related to TRASH

Synonyms

chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, garbage, truck, waste

Antonyms

A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust

Related Words

crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms

catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvage

Rhymes with TRASH

Asch, ash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, fash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, thresh

²trash

verb

Definition of TRASH

transitive verb

1

: throw away 1 <standards of reality and truth were trashed — Edwin Diamond>

2

: vandalize, destroy

3

: attack, assault

4

: spoil, ruin <trashing the environment>

5

: to subject to criticism or invective; especially : to disparage strongly <a film trashed by the critics>

intransitive verb

: to trash something or someone

Examples of TRASH

1. a computer program that trashes useless files
2. The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.
3. The apartment had been trashed.
4. He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.

First Known Use of TRASH

1902

Related to TRASH

Synonyms

abuse, assail, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, attack, vituperate

Antonyms

acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, magnify, praise

Related Words

berate, harangue, harass, harry, revile, scold, whip; blaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, profane; affront, insult, slur; asperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blackguard, disparage, put down; libel, slander, traduce, vilify; chastise, chide, criticize, lace (into), rebuke, reprimand, reproof; fulminate, lash (out)

Near Antonyms

acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise