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
verb
trashed; 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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