Definition of trash
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : something worth little or nothing: such as
b(1) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (such as a television show) especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment
(2) : trash talk
(3) : empty talk : nonsense
3 : something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material
trash
verbtrashed; trashing; trashes
Definition of trash (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : throw away sense 1 standards of reality and truth were trashed— Edwin Diamond
5 : to subject to criticism or invective especially : to disparage strongly a film trashed by the critics
: to trash something or someone
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The first known use of trash was circa 1529
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