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Meaning of "rubbish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RUBBISH

Robys, of uncertain origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RUBBISH

rubbish  [ˈrʌbɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUBBISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rubbish is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rubbish in English.

WHAT DOES RUBBISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rubbish

Municipal solid waste

Municipal solid waste, commonly known as trash or garbage, refuse or rubbish is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public.

Definition of rubbish in the English dictionary

The first definition of rubbish in the dictionary is worthless, useless, or unwanted matter. Other definition of rubbish is discarded or waste matter; refuse. Rubbish is also foolish words or speech; nonsense.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RUBBISH

PRESENT

Present
I rubbish
you rubbish
he/she/it rubbishes
we rubbish
you rubbish
they rubbish
Present continuous
I am rubbishing
you are rubbishing
he/she/it is rubbishing
we are rubbishing
you are rubbishing
they are rubbishing
Present perfect
I have rubbished
you have rubbished
he/she/it has rubbished
we have rubbished
you have rubbished
they have rubbished
Present perfect continuous
I have been rubbishing
you have been rubbishing
he/she/it has been rubbishing
we have been rubbishing
you have been rubbishing
they have been rubbishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I rubbished
you rubbished
he/she/it rubbished
we rubbished
you rubbished
they rubbished
Past continuous
I was rubbishing
you were rubbishing
he/she/it was rubbishing
we were rubbishing
you were rubbishing
they were rubbishing
Past perfect
I had rubbished
you had rubbished
he/she/it had rubbished
we had rubbished
you had rubbished
they had rubbished
Past perfect continuous
I had been rubbishing
you had been rubbishing
he/she/it had been rubbishing
we had been rubbishing
you had been rubbishing
they had been rubbishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rubbish
you will rubbish
he/she/it will rubbish
we will rubbish
you will rubbish
they will rubbish
Future continuous
I will be rubbishing
you will be rubbishing
he/she/it will be rubbishing
we will be rubbishing
you will be rubbishing
they will be rubbishing
Future perfect
I will have rubbished
you will have rubbished
he/she/it will have rubbished
we will have rubbished
you will have rubbished
they will have rubbished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been rubbishing
you will have been rubbishing
he/she/it will have been rubbishing
we will have been rubbishing
you will have been rubbishing
they will have been rubbishing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rubbish
you would rubbish
he/she/it would rubbish
we would rubbish
you would rubbish
they would rubbish
Conditional continuous
I would be rubbishing
you would be rubbishing
he/she/it would be rubbishing
we would be rubbishing
you would be rubbishing
they would be rubbishing
Conditional perfect
I would have rubbish
you would have rubbish
he/she/it would have rubbish
we would have rubbish
you would have rubbish
they would have rubbish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been rubbishing
you would have been rubbishing
he/she/it would have been rubbishing
we would have been rubbishing
you would have been rubbishing
they would have been rubbishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rubbish
we let´s rubbish
you rubbish
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rubbish
Past participle
rubbished
Present Participle
rubbishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUBBISH


bish
bɪʃ
bobbish
ˈbɒbɪʃ
boobish
ˈbuːbɪʃ
clubbish
ˈklʌbɪʃ
cubbish
ˈkʌbɪʃ
drabbish
ˈdræbɪʃ
dweebish
ˈdwiːbɪʃ
furbish
ˈfɜːbɪʃ
Globish
ˈɡləʊbɪʃ
hobbish
ˈhɒbɪʃ
mobbish
ˈmɒbɪʃ
nabobish
ˈneɪbɒbɪʃ
nebbish
ˈnɛbɪʃ
refurbish
riːˈfɜːbɪʃ
slobbish
ˈslɒbɪʃ
snobbish
ˈsnɒbɪʃ
snubbish
ˈsnʌbɪʃ
squabbish
ˈskwɒbɪʃ
tubbish
ˈtʌbɪʃ
yobbish
ˈjɒbɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUBBISH

rubbernecker
rubbernecking
rubbers
rubberwear
rubbery
rubbidies
rubbidy
rubbies
rubbing
rubbing alcohol
rubbish bag
rubbish bin
rubbish chute
rubbish collection
rubbish dump
rubbish tin
rubbish tip
rubbishy
rubbities
rubbity

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUBBISH

British
Danish
dish
English
establish
fetish
finish
Finnish
fish
garden rubbish
household rubbish
Irish
on the parish
polish
publish
Spanish
stylish
Swedish
Turkish
wish

Synonyms and antonyms of rubbish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUBBISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rubbish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rubbish

Translation of «rubbish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUBBISH

Find out the translation of rubbish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rubbish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rubbish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pésimo
570 millions of speakers

English

rubbish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बकवास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تافِه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дрянной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ruim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবর্জনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unsinnig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

だめな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하찮은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vớ vẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çöp
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pessimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bzdurny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нікудишній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepriceput
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άχρηστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rommel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prata strunt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tåpelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rubbish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBBISH»

The term «rubbish» is very widely used and occupies the 17.981 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBBISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rubbish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rubbish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rubbish

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «RUBBISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rubbish.
1
Ronald Biggs
There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years.
2
Conrad Black
The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.
3
Jo Brand
There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
4
Richard Burton
If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.
5
Richard Burton
I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.
6
Laura Carmichael
I'm rubbish at Twitter.
7
Allan Carr
I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.
8
Howard Carter
Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.
9
Howard Carter
These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below, which undertaking took until the fourth of Nov.
10
Pat Cash
Women's tennis is two sets of rubbish that lasts only half an hour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBBISH»

Discover the use of rubbish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rubbish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage
Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. Rathje and Murphy show what the study of garbage tells us about a population's demographics and buying habits.
William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, 2001
2
Rubbish!: Reuse Your Refuse
Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way.
Kate Shoup, 2008
3
Rubbish!: Dirt On Our Hands And Crisis Ahead
Rubbish! may not be a conventional battle cry but this is unmistakably a call to arms - not just for the three 'R's - reduce, re-use, recycle - but for us to fight for new ideas, brave initiative rather than reliance on old systems that are ...
Richard Girling, 2011
4
Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics
This is a study of the material life of information and its devices; of electronic waste in its physical and electronic incarnations; a cultural and material mapping of the spaces where electronics in the form of both hardware and ...
Jennifer Gabrys, 2013
5
The Ethics of Waste: How We Relate to Rubbish
Looks at contemporary society and its treatment of waste products, offering a meditation on what we throw out, how we do it, and the ethical significance of waste in everyday life.
Gay Hawkins, 2006
6
Ritual and Rubbish in the Iron Age of Wessex: A Study on the ...
The author has been a familiar speaker at Theoretical Archaeology Group meetings in Britain for a number of years and his general approach must now be familiar to many people.
J. D. Hill, 1995
7
A Crisis of Waste?: Understanding the Rubbish Society
This book undertakes a measured assessment of the historical evidence on waste, suggesting that waste is absolutely central to industrial and social change.
Martin O'Brien, 2012
8
Rubbish Town Hero
Chipo and his little sister Gentle live on Papa Fudu's dumpsite in Rubbish Town, searching for valuable things amongst the rubbish to try to stay alive.
Nicola Davies, 2012
9
Ambitious But Rubbish: The Secrets Behind Top Gear's ...
Crossing the channel in a battered pick-up truck. Cruising the streets in a convertible people-carrier. Firing up a snowbine harvester to clear a runway for a plane to (crash) land.
Richard Porter, 2012
10
The Friendly Rubbish Monsters
Author Bio: Anna Peters is from Kent, England, and the mother of five. Her three oldest play the parts of the three kids in the book. She is studying child psychology.
Anna Peters, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBBISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rubbish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spanish police rescue newborn baby from underground rubbish
The officers took the baby to Henares hospital while the Civil Guard tries to establish its parents' identities and how it came to be found in a rubbish container. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Car owners who let passengers throw rubbish from their cars should …
Local authorities want the power to issue penalties to car owners when rubbish is seen being thrown from their vehicle, regardless of the perpetrator. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Christian Horner slams sacking rumours as 'total rubbish'
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has described reports that he could be sacked as "total rubbish". It was suggested at the Austrian Grand Prix that ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jun 15»
4
A sea lion named 'Rubbish' was found wandering the streets of San …
Man, this sea lion has had a pretty tough go of it. This adorable little guy -- nicknamed "Rubbish" -- was spotted hiding under a parked car in San Francisco's ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
5
Dirty wet wipes turn Britain's beaches into rubbish dumps as more …
According to the MCS research, a clean up of over 300 beaches by 5,349 volunteers saw them collect 6.4% more rubbish in 2014 than the previous year. «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
Will.i.am's gotta feeling about rubbish
The Voice judge Will.i.am has launched his new project in the UK, inspired by the rubbish left behind by fans at one of his gigs. The environmentally friendly ... «BreakingNews.ie, Mar 15»
7
Redknapp brands Fer speculation 'absolute rubbish'
However, when quizzed on speculation Fer would be available at the right price, Redknapp said: "Absolute rubbish, absolute nonsense." Junior Hoilett and Matt ... «Goal.com, Jan 15»
8
Families now wait average 12 days for a rubbish collection
Families are having to wait 12 days on average to have general rubbish collected – and face spiralling charges for extra waste-removal services, it has been ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
9
Plastic rubbish from land, not ships, killing Australian sea life, say …
Scientists visited more than 170 sites along the coast and found about three-quarters of the rubbish was plastic from the land, not vessels on the ocean, and ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
10
Rubbish collections stop after Transpacific's national truck fleet …
Rubbish collection services have been halted in many parts of the country after Australia's largest waste management firm grounded its entire fleet. Transpacific ... «ABC Online, Aug 14»

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