Meaning of rubbish in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.

  Example: The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.

• (by extension) An item, or items, of low quality.

  Example: Much of what they sell is rubbish.

• (by extension) Nonsense.

  Example: Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish. How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?

• Debris or ruins of buildings.

verb

• To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.

adjective

• Exceedingly bad; awful.

  Example: This has been a rubbish day, and it’s about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.

interjection

• Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.

  Example: The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson. Aw, rubbish! Though at least this means you have time to play football.

• Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!

  Example: Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!