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trash

UK/tɹæʃ/ US/ˈtræʃ/ common slang us
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

worthless material that is to be disposed of

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verb

1.

dispose of (something useless or old)

  • “trash these old chairs”
  • “junk an old car”
  • “scrap your old computer”
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2.

express a totally negative opinion of

  • “The critics panned the performance”
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Origin

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”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”).

Phrases

  • field trash
  • oil trash
  • one man's trash is another man's treasure
  • pass the trash
  • piece of trash
  • poor white trash
  • take out the trash
  • talk trash
  • trash out

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