rub|bish

rub|bish
rub|bish «RUHB ihsh», noun.
1. waste stuff of no use; trash: »

Pick up the rubbish and burn it.

SYNONYM(S): litter, debris, refuse.
2. Figurative. silly words and thoughts; nonsense: »

Gossip is often a lot of rubbish. The jumbled rubbish of a dream (Tennyson). All this modern newspaper rubbish about a New York aristocracy (Edith Wharton).

[Middle English robys, robbous; origin uncertain]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • rub|bish|y — «RUHB ih shee», adjective. 1. full of or covered with rubbish. 2. of or like rubbish: »Figurative. The doggerel expresses the rubbishy lives of the modern London sophisticates (Time). SYNONYM(S): trashy …   Useful english dictionary

  • rub|bish|ing — «RUHB ih shihng», adjective. rubbishy; trashy: »rubbishing melodrama …   Useful english dictionary

  • bish — bish·a·rin; bish·op·dom; bish·oped; bish·op·ess; bish·op·less; bish·op·ric; bish·op s cap; bob·bish; club·bish; cub·bish; fur·bish; fur·bish·er; ka·shou·bish; knob·bish; mob·bish; po·la·bish; re·fur·bish·ment; rub·bish·ing; rub·bish·ly;… …   English syllables

  • rub — rub; rub·bage; rub·ber·ize; rub·ber·man; rub·bery; rub·bidge; rub·bish·ing; rub·bish·ly; rub·bishy; rub·ble·man; rub·bly; rub·eryth·ric; rub·eryth·rin·ic; rub·ber; rub·bish; rub·ble; mar·rub; rub·ber·neck·er; …   English syllables

  • rubbish — rub·bish …   English syllables

  • rubbishly — rub·bish·ly …   English syllables

  • rubbish — rub•bish [[t]ˈrʌb ɪʃ[/t]] n. 1) worthless material that is rejected or thrown out; litter; trash 2) nonsense, as in writing or art: sentimental rubbish[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME rubbes, rob(b) ous rub′bish•y, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • rubbish — rub|bish1 [ rʌbıʃ ] noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH 1. ) GARBAGE 2. ) things that someone says or writes that are not reasonable or sensible: NONSENSE: Most of the information in her article was utter rubbish. As usual, he was talking complete… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rubbishy — rub|bish|y [ˈrʌbıʃi] adj BrE informal silly or of a very low quality = ↑trashy ▪ rubbishy magazines …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rubbishing — rub·bish·ing …   English syllables

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