From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtrashtrash1 /træʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable] 1 American EnglishRUBBISH/WASTE things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc SYN rubbish British English Will someone take out the trash (=take it outside the house)? Just put it in the trash.2 informalBAD something that is of very poor quality How can you read that trash?3 American English informal not politeUNPLEASANT someone from a low social class who you do not respect because you think they are lazy or immoral → white trash
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trash• A trash bag slung over the shoulder, Santa-style.• More trash movies adored by Hollywood?• Where would we be without all the trash?• One day Tod took from the trash a framed certificate and went and hung it on the toilet doornail.• But they also know they are lucky to be in Lansing, picking up the trash.in the trash• Avoid inhaling sawdust of pressure-treated wood, and do not burn any scraps; dispose of both in the trash.• I may have unwittingly provided them with a reason why my application should be filed in the trash can.• Putting the girls in the trash cans was the most important challenge of his life.• On impulse he picked it up, took it outside and dumped it in the trash.• We've started finding love-letters, in the trash, letters from Irene.• Yes, he finds them in the trash.trashtrash2 verb [transitive] 1 informalDESTROY to destroy something completely, either deliberately or by using it too much The place got trashed last time we had a party.► see thesaurus at destroy2 especially American English to criticize someone or something very severely The researchers are angry that attempts have been made to trash their work.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
trash• And when they weren't trashing each other, they were trashing themselves.• Someone had broken in and trashed her apartment.• That kid of yours has trashed my VCR.• Some of the people he trashed on the show are planning to sue.• There are instances of evicted occupants looting and trashing the house before they leave, even removing the doors and bathroom fittings.• George Bush's decision to trash the Kyoto global warming treaty is appalling.• And the Bomb Squaders would leave their sixth-grade seats and trash the offenders.• Dad says it's OK to have the party here, as long as we don't trash the place.• Band members have been accused of trashing their hotel rooms.• The team celebrated their victory by trashing their hotel rooms.Origin trash1 (1300-1400) From a Scandinavian language 