Dictionary

garbage en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/ˈɡaː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Meanings

(Australia, Canada, US, informal, not-comparable) bad, crap, shitty
- half that shit you morons listen to with pride is totally garbage 2010, Nicholas Rombes, A Cultural Dictionary of Punk: 1974-1982:
- If you have been with a man for more than five years and both of you have not planned to marry one another, the relationship is completely garbage, and you can do but nothing with it more than having a sexual life with one another. 2011, Ezekiel Dayo Adetunji, Power in the Spoken Word!, page 110:
- Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”. 2009, David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips, →ISBN, page 8:
- The last time I had access to a therapist was 20 years ago, and that was a pretty garbage experience. 2021, Giselle Renarde, Play It On My Radio: A Diary In Music, page 309:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
garbidge		alternative, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling	lexicographic

garbage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/ˈɡaː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Meanings

(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Food waste material of any kind.
(Australia, Canada, Cumbria, England, US, archaic, dialectal, qualifier:Lancashire, uncountable) Foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
- The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc.
- Compost goes in the brown bin and is picked up Monday, recycling goes in blue bags and is picked up Wednesday, and garbage goes in black bags and is picked up Thursday.
- Oh, don't put the empty milk jug in that bin—that one's for garbage.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) A place or receptacle for waste material.
- He threw the newspaper into the garbage.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Nonsense; gibberish.
- This machine translation is garbage.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Something or someone worthless.
- The dissenting Christian Advocate asked (5 January 1835) how a cabinet composed of the very garbage of Toryism could be expected to share the spirit of Peel’s manifesto. 1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 103:
(Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, uncountable) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
(Australia, Canada, US, attributive, slang, uncountable) An easy shot.
- […] the aging pro, in a much-heralded "boys against the girls" tennis match, annihilated Margaret Court with an array of "garbage shots and cotton balls." 1981, Update 1981: The Great Contemporary Issues, New York Times Company, page 78:
- Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket. 1962, Coach & Athlete, page 18:
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Allocated memory which is no longer in use but has not yet been deallocated.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable) Data that are misinterpreted as another kind of data.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
garbidge		alternative, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling	lexicographic

Translations (229)

lo ຄຸມຝອຽ (waste material) · ru сор (waste material) · cy sbwriel (waste material) · dng ңәсуә (waste material) · om kosii (waste material) · kl igitat (waste material) · ja がらくた (waste material) · gl zudre (waste material) · hu hulladék (waste material) · nl vuilnis (waste material) · ps ګيخه (waste material) · tt чүп-чәр (waste material) · cs odpadky (waste material) · it rifiuti (waste material) · th กาก (waste material) · sq mbeturinë (waste material) · cmn 垃圾 (waste material) · pl śmieci (waste material) · uz chiqindi (waste material) · lnd arep (waste material) · mr कचरा (waste material) · bho कचरा (waste material) · fa-ira زُبالِه (waste material) · nb avfall (waste material) · cmn 廢品 /废品 (waste material) · kmr çop (waste material) · is rusl (waste material) · ur آلائِش (waste material) · za nyapnyaj (waste material) · zu imfucuza (waste material) · fi jäte (waste material) · mww khib nyiab (waste material) · et rämps (waste material) · cmn 破爛 /破烂 (waste material) · lo ຂີ້ເຫຍື້ອ (waste material) · bg отпа́дък (waste material) · ps پوتل (waste material) · nb boss (waste material) · nan-hbl 糞埽 /粪埽 (waste material) · izh moška (waste material) · ug ئەخلەت (waste material) · cs odpad (waste material) · fa-ira آشْخال (waste material) · ur کُوڑا (waste material) · mn хог (waste material) · ur کَچْرَہ (waste material) · ps کثافات (waste material) · ca escombraries (waste material) · ky шыпырынды (waste material) · ps ګيچه (waste material) · km សំរាម (waste material) · sh ȍtpād (waste material) · fa-ira آشْغال (waste material) · mk смет (waste material) · kk қоқым-соқым (waste material) · lo ສັງການ (waste material) · tg ошғол (waste material) · sh đubre (waste material) · gl fória (waste material) · gsw Güsel (waste material) · sh о̏тпа̄д (waste material) · gl baldroada (waste material) · ml മാലിന്യം (waste material) · kk ескі-құсқы (waste material) · eo rubo (waste material) · gl ciscallo (waste material) · ca deixalles (waste material) · ar زُبَالَة (waste material) · az tullantı (waste material) · ky таштанды (waste material) · eo rubaĵo (waste material) · ar مُخَلَّفَات (waste material) · my ပေါက်ကရ (waste material) · oj ziigwebinigan (waste material) · es basura (waste material) · vi rác (waste material) · pdt Schunt (waste material) · blt ꪄꪲ꫁ꪹꪐ꫁ (waste material) · la scrūta (waste material) · yi אָפּפֿאַל (waste material) · gl lorda (waste material) · ro gunoi (waste material) · cs smetí (waste material) · la purgamentum (waste material) · fr poubelle (waste material) · ko 오물 (waste material) · fi jätteet (waste material) · th ขยะ (waste material) · be сме́цце (waste material) · ajp زبالة (waste material) · ml ചവറ് (waste material) · hy աղբ (waste material) · zza slo (waste material) · cjy 灰渣 (waste material) · be сьмяцьцё (waste material) · ru отбро́сы (waste material) · ko 개털 (nonsense) · io eskombro (waste material) · cmn 廢物 /废物 (waste material) · nb søppel (waste material) · bg боклу́к (waste material) · pt lixo (waste material) · az zibil (waste material) · ja 廃物 (waste material) · sh smèće (waste material) · br stroñk (waste material) · ar نُفَايَات (waste material) · tk zibil (waste material) · mi parahanga (waste material) · izh rikka (waste material) · xh inkunkuma (waste material) · ur فُضْلَہ (waste material) · rsk шмеце (waste material) · gan 罯屑 (waste material) · hi कचरा (waste material) · fa-ira کَثافَت (waste material) · lv atkritumi (waste material) · cdo 糞掃 /粪扫 (waste material) · sl smet (waste material) · lo ມູນຝອຽ (waste material) · bg смет (waste material) · te చెత్త (waste material) · km ឡាប់សង (waste material) · nl vuil (waste material) · izh roska (waste material) · mnp 垃圾 (waste material) · tg ошхол (waste material) · sc aliga (waste material) · ru му́сор (waste material) · he זֶבֶל (waste material) · ga bruscar (waste material) · gl porcallada (waste material) · sm otaota (waste material) · fr ordures (waste material) · cjy 惡圾 /恶圾 (waste material) · fa-ira پَسمانْد (waste material) · fa-ira کِثافَت (waste material) · oc bordilha (waste material) · pdt Auffaul (waste material) · ja ごみ (waste material) · my အမှိုက်သရိုက် (waste material) · ja 廃品 (waste material) · chr ᎤᏲ (waste material) · tg хокрӯба (waste material) · hak 垃圾 (waste material) · it immondizia (waste material) · sh ђубре (waste material) · ms sampah (waste material) · uk сміття́ (waste material) · el σκουπίδια (waste material) · my အညစ်အကြေး (waste material) · el απορρίματα (waste material) · sl odpadek (waste material) · ka ნარჩენები (waste material) · th หยากเยื่อ (waste material) · nl afval (waste material) · ga garr (waste material) · sk odpad (waste material) · fi roskat (waste material) · it spazzatura (waste material) · gv fooillagh (waste material) · lt šiukšlės (waste material) · to ngaoha'a (waste material) · mn хаягдал (waste material) · wuh halamala (waste material) · prs کِثَافَت (waste material) · ko 쓰레기 (waste material) · sv skräp (waste material) · pam layak (waste material) · arz زبالة (waste material) · kmr gilêş (waste material) · sk odpadky (waste material) · yue 垃圾 (waste material) · fo rusl (waste material) · sh смѐће (waste material) · prs کَثَافَت (waste material) · gl foira (waste material) · bn আবর্জনা (waste material) · ru сме́тье (waste material) · ur مَلْبا (waste material) · uz eski-tuski (waste material) · tet lixu (waste material) · ru хлам (waste material) · my အမှိုက် (waste material) · pl odpady (waste material) · fr déchet (waste material) · es desperdicios (waste material) · de Müll (waste material) · de Abfall (waste material) · da affald (waste material) · ka ნაგავი (waste material) · hu szemét (waste material) · la quisquiliae (waste material) · gd sgudal (waste material) · fy ôffal (waste material) · id sampah (waste material) · mi karaweta (waste material) · yi מיסט (waste material) · hsn 屑子 (waste material) · et jäätmed (waste material) · az çöp (waste material) · as জাৱৰ (waste material) · bo གད་སྙིགས (waste material) · hi कूड़ा (waste material) · uz axlat (waste material) · nl huisvuil (waste material) · ca brossa (waste material) · tr süprüntü (waste material) · pdt Aufgank (waste material) · mk ѓубре (waste material) · wuu 垃圾 (waste material) · as আৱৰ্জনা (waste material) · kmr sergo (waste material) · ar قُمَامَة (waste material) · pcm doti-doti (waste material) · tr çöp (waste material) · cy sothach (waste material) · gl lixo (waste material) · ur حَشْو (waste material) · ko 개털 (someone or something worthless) · he אַשְׁפָּה (waste material) · tk çöp (waste material) · bn ছার (waste material) · alt чӧп (waste material) · lo ຂຍະ (waste material) · tg ахлот (waste material) · be смяццё (waste material) · ccc s̈hutechi (waste material) · rgn rùsco (waste material)

garbage en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/ˈɡaː.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Meanings

(Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, transitive) to eviscerate
- I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence. 1674, John Josselyn, Two Voyages to New England, Made During the Years 1638-63 (quoted in William Butts Mershon, The Passenger Pigeon, 1907, The Outing Publishing Company)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
garbages	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
garbaging	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
garbidge		alternative, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling	lexicographic
garbaged	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
garbaged	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Synonyms

disembowel · gut · eviscerate

garbage en · ADJ

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garbage en · VERB

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