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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreahs, þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)
- (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- (Can we date this quote by Landor and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
- (Can we date this quote by Landor and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- A container into which things are discarded.
- Something worthless or of poor quality.
- (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- I am Harry Potter trash.
- (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
- A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Markham to this entry?)
Synonyms[edit]
- garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
- (container): trash can
- (storage for deleted files): recycle bin
- See also Thesaurus:trash
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
things to be discarded
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container
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something of poor quality
people of low social status or class
computer terminology
Verb[edit]
trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)
- (US) To discard.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- (US) To make into a mess.
- The burglars trashed the house.
- (US) To beat soundly in a game.
- (US) To disrespect someone or something
- 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
- It is a British tradition for the media to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding by trashing the incoming in-laws, from Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer, to Kate Middleton’s Uncle Gary and his memorably named Ibizan villa, Maison de Bang Bang.
- 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
- (Can we find and add a quotation of B. Edwards to this entry?)
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
- To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:junk
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to discard
to beat soundly
to free from trash, or worthless matter
to treat as trash
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to hold back by a trash or leash
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
trash
- Alternative form of trasch
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