1trash1 (træʃ
)
Definitions
noun
- foolish ideas or talk; nonsense
- mainly US Canadian useless or unwanted matter or objects
- a literary or artistic production of poor quality
- mainly US Canadian a poor or worthless person or a group of such people
- bits that are broken or lopped off, esp the trimmings from trees or plants
- the dry remains of sugar cane after the juice has been extracted
verb
- to remove the outer leaves and branches from (growing plants, esp sugar cane)
- slang to attack or destroy (someone or something) wilfully or maliciously
Alternative Forms
ˈtrashery nounWord Origin
C16: of obscure origin; perhaps related to Norwegian traskSynonyms
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nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
rot,
balls,
bull,
shit,
pants,
crap,
bullshit,
hot air,
tosh,
pap,
cobblers,
bilge,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe,
guff,
moonshine,
hogwash,
malarkey,
hokum,
piffle,
poppycock,
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh,
eyewash,
kak,
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk horsefeathers bunkum or buncombe
bizzo,
bull's wool,
2trash2 (træʃ) archaic
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to restrain with or as if with a lead
noun
- a lead for a dog
Word Origin
C17: perhaps from obsolete French tracier to track, traceC17: perhaps from obsolete French to track, 1Translations
- British English:
trash
Trash consists of unwanted things or waste material such as old food.The yards are full of trash.træʃ NOUN The yards are full of trash.
- Spanish:
basura
nf
- French:
ordures
nf_pl
- German:
Müll
nm
- Chinese: 垃圾 n
- Arabic: قَمَامَة n
- Portuguese: lixo nm
- Russian: мусор nm
- Croatian: smeće nnt
- Czech: nesmysl nm
- Danish: affald nnt
- Dutch: vernieling nf
- Finnish: roska n
- Greek: σκουπίδια npl
- Italian: immondizia nf
- Japanese: くだらないこと n
- Korean: 허튼 소리 n
- Norwegian: søppel nm
- Polish: śmieci npl
- Brazilian Portuguese: lixo nm
- European Spanish:
basura
nf
- Swedish: skräp nnt
- Thai: เรื่องเหลวไหล n
- Turkish: çöp n
- Vietnamese: rác n
Usage examples
However, music bigwigs didn't crown the trash princess for her contribution to pop.
Megastar (2005)One of Porter's jobs was to take the trash down to the garbage room.
Globe and Mail (2003)They managed to escape from the chapel and locked the 34 prisoners inside, where they started to trash the room.
Glasgow Herald (2002)Pregnant at eighteen, Yvonne drops out of high school into a wretched marriage, her father telling her she is white trash.
, Other Lives, Other Selves (1987)