waste material; refuse or litter:householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish
material that is considered unimportant or valueless:she had to sift through the rubbish in every drawer
absurd, nonsensical, or worthless talk or ideas:critics said their work was a load of rubbish [as exclamation]:some MPs yelled ‘Rubbish!’
verb
[with object]British informal
criticize severely and reject as worthless:he rubbished the idea of a European Community-wide carbon tax
adjective
British informal
very bad; worthless or useless:people might say I was a rubbish managershe was rubbish at maths
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous; perhaps related to Old French robe 'spoils'; compare with rubble. The change in the ending was due to association with -ish1. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang
rubbish in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of rubbish in the US English dictionary
