trash en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- trăsh
- (US) audio
- /tɹæʃ/
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(Canada, US, countable, uncountable) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Robert Southey and Porson”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- (Canada, US, countable, metonymically, uncountable) A container into which things are discarded.
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(Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality.
When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
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(Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Media, such as movies and novels, that are entertaining but unsophisticated, crass or aimed at the lowest common denominator.
[…][soap opera] serials have often been regarded as trash and largely been ignored in the 'serious' literature and research. Particularly it has been dismissed as waste-of-time women's trash or, sometimes, as adolescent trash.
2004, Cecilia von Feilitzen, Young People, Soap Operas and Reality TV, →ISBN:These are the wonders and dilemmas of genuine exploitation cinema: Wishman is wish fulfillment for every fan of trash extravaganzas.
2007, Steven Jay Schneider, 501 Movie Directors, B.E.S. Publishing:Fans of trash horror other and devalue slasher-cycle horror as overly commercial or nonunderground.
2007 October 24, Jeffrey Sconce, Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 224:My guilty pleasure is 80s horror trash.
When you see a picture of Dario Argento with a copy of ETC you just know that this is the source for info on fine Italian trash.
1994, Factsheet Five:
- (countable, uncountable) A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
- (Southern, US, countable, uncountable) The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
- (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
- (Canada, US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
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(Canada, US, humorous, slang, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
I am Harry Potter trash.
Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan
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(countable, uncountable) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
Drag the unwanted message to the trash.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trashes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
shaw · recycle bin · recycling bin · straw · recycling · stover
Deriveds
trashola · treat like trash · trashbox · trashline · trash drawer · trash rack · trash hose · trash bandit · trashterpiece · trash day · trashification · trash truck · piece of trash · trash talker · trash fire · trasher · trashscape · trash mob · trash sport · Hamiltrash · trashion · the trash takes itself out · trashery · trash TV · trash pull · trailer trash · take out the trash · talk trash · trash chute · trash talking · trashless · trashed · gendertrash · betrash · trashsport · trash can · Ameritrash · trash-talker · trash-talking · white trash · trash talk · trash heap of history · field trash · trash fish · trashlike · trash compactor · yard trash day · oil trash · one man's trash is another man's treasure · trash panda · trashfire · cybertrash · Kartrashian · trash line · trash-talk · trashy · pass the trash · trashpaper · trailer park trash · trash ice · trash cymbal · trashmover · trash boy · bartrash · yard-trash day · poor white trash · trashpost · trash for brains · infotrash · trashify · trashman · trash television · microtrash · trash bag
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
detritus · moulting · goaf · feces · waste product · offscouring · moult · mullock · scoria · slag · scobs · hunk of junk · gobbin · chad · gob · piece of junk · exuviae · exuviation · debitage
Relateds
Synonyms
waste · fanatic · fan · crap · admirer · stan · gash · garbage · junk (1,3) · partisan · piece of shit · pile of shit · aficionado · piece of garbage · shit · rubbish · cultch · drek · refuse (Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.) · fancy · bin · garbage · rubbish bin · litter · geek · maniac · garbage (1-3) · freak · recycle bin (storage for deleted files) · trash can · roughage · fancier · connoisseur · zealot · scrap · junk · piece of trash · trashcan · service item · trash can (container) · pile of crap · piece of crap · debris · dreck · stuff · garbage can · enthusiast · rubbish · trashbin · recycle bin · fiend · trash · buff · trash bin · rooter · devotee · junkie · pelf
Translations (205)
es papelera (container) · ar سَلُّة الْمُهْمَلَات (container) · he זבל (things to be discarded) · bo གད་ཉིག (things to be discarded) · nl vuilnisbak (container) · sv skräp (something of poor quality) · ta குப்பை (things to be discarded) · ro coș de hârtii (container) · it cestino (computer terminology) · pt gentalha (people of low social status or class) · ur کُوڑا (things to be discarded) · ccc s̈hutechi (things to be discarded) · be сьмяцьцё (things to be discarded) · yi שלאָק (something of poor quality) · sl smetnjak (container) · sk odpadky (things to be discarded) · chr ᎤᏲ (things to be discarded) · bo སྙིགས་མ་ (things to be discarded) · ka ნაგავი (something of poor quality) · de Papierkorb (container) · fr corbeille (computer terminology) · hy աղբաման (container) · fr corbeille à papier (container) · sv skräp (things to be discarded) · rgn rùsco (things to be discarded) · de Abfall (things to be discarded) · it robaccia (something of poor quality) · eo forĵetaĵo (things to be discarded) · da affaldscontainer (container) · qu q'upa (things to be discarded) · pt lixo (something of poor quality) · tl basura (things to be discarded) · es caneca (container) · de Bodensatz (der Gesellschaft) (people of low social status or class) · fi paperikori (container) · pt lixeira (container) · de Unrat (things to be discarded) · fy ôffal (things to be discarded) · id sampah (things to be discarded) · bg ко́шче за боклу́к (container) · nl vuilnis (things to be discarded) · lt šiukšlė (things to be discarded) · cs smetí (things to be discarded) · be смяццё (things to be discarded) · de Papierkorb (computer terminology) · nb avfall (things to be discarded) · da affald (things to be discarded) · bg боклу́к (things to be discarded) · mk смет (things to be discarded) · hy աղբ (things to be discarded) · lo ຄຸມຝອຽ (things to be discarded) · sk odpad (things to be discarded) · tr çöp (things to be discarded) · es tlazole (things to be discarded) · ta குப்பைத்தொட்டி (container) · kk қоқым (things to be discarded) · pt lixo (people of low social status or class) · ar مُخَلَّفَات (things to be discarded) · pdt Aufgank (things to be discarded) · et rämps (things to be discarded) · pt lixeira (computer terminology) · es papelera (computer terminology) · be сме́цце (things to be discarded) · cs odpadky (things to be discarded) · es escoria (people of low social status or class) · pl śmieci (things to be discarded) · lo ມູນຝອຽ (things to be discarded) · it cassonetto (container) · fr déchet (things to be discarded) · da skrammel (something of poor quality) · gl papeleira (computer terminology) · hy թափթփուկ (people of low social status or class) · es clazol (things to be discarded) · bo ཕུང་རྫས (things to be discarded) · ca escombraries (things to be discarded) · it immondizia (things to be discarded) · pdt Auffaul (things to be discarded) · el σκουπίδια (things to be discarded) · cy sbwriel (things to be discarded) · gsw Güsel (things to be discarded) · it porcheria (something of poor quality) · el απορρίματα (things to be discarded) · th กาก (things to be discarded) · cmn 廢物 /废物 (things to be discarded) · sh о̏тпа̄д (things to be discarded) · ru му́сорная корзи́на (computer terminology) · sl smet (things to be discarded) · es basura (something of poor quality) · la quisquiliae (things to be discarded) · eo rubo (things to be discarded) · ro reziduu (things to be discarded) · ta குப்பை (something of poor quality) · my အမှိုက် (things to be discarded) · fi roskajoukko (people of low social status or class) · hy զիբիլ (something of poor quality) · mi kapurangi (things to be discarded) · km ឡាប់សង (things to be discarded) · sh smèće (things to be discarded) · it rifiuti (things to be discarded) · fi roskakori (container) · la scrūta (things to be discarded) · ro lucru nevaloros (things to be discarded) · dsb wótpadanki (things to be discarded) · fi roskaväki (people of low social status or class) · uk ко́шик (computer terminology) · de Müll (things to be discarded) · lb Poubelle (computer terminology) · ru отро́дье (people of low social status or class) · fi jäteastia (container) · sv papperskorg (computer terminology) · sl koš (container) · vi rác (things to be discarded) · ajp زبالة (things to be discarded) · bg боклу́к (something of poor quality) · th ขยะ (things to be discarded) · fi roska (something of poor quality) · pt escória (people of low social status or class) · lo ຂີ້ເຫຍື້ອ (things to be discarded) · fi romu (something of poor quality) · lo ສັງການ (things to be discarded) · nv tsʼiilzéí (things to be discarded) · pt reciclagem (computer terminology) · de Mülleimer (container) · grc φορυτός (things to be discarded) · sv papperskorg (container) · ar نُفَايَات (things to be discarded) · nb søppel (things to be discarded) · es basura (things to be discarded) · ja ごみ (things to be discarded) · zlw-ocs drst (things to be discarded) · cmn 垃圾 (things to be discarded) · ko 개털 (people of low social status or class) · pt lixo (container) · de Unterschicht (people of low social status or class) · nl vuil (things to be discarded) · pt porcaria (something of poor quality) · es basura (people of low social status or class) · nb boss (things to be discarded) · ru му́сор (things to be discarded) · ar قُمَامَة (things to be discarded) · ga bruscar (things to be discarded) · lo ຂຍະ (things to be discarded) · it spazzatura (things to be discarded) · ru халту́ра (something of poor quality) · fi rikka (things to be discarded) · gv trustyr (things to be discarded) · sh ȍtpād (things to be discarded) · ky таштанды (things to be discarded) · pt lixo (things to be discarded) · hi कचरा पात्र (container) · arz زبالة (things to be discarded) · cs odpad (things to be discarded) · fi roskakori (computer terminology) · fa خاکروبه (things to be discarded) · fa زباله (things to be discarded) · km សំរាម (things to be discarded) · ta தொட்டி (container) · ro rămășițe (things to be discarded) · fi roska (things to be discarded) · pdt Schunt (things to be discarded) · ro gunoi (things to be discarded) · yo pàǹtí (things to be discarded) · mk ѓубре (things to be discarded) · hi कूड़ा (things to be discarded) · it feccia (people of low social status or class) · ru ерунда́ (something of poor quality) · sh смѐће (things to be discarded) · oc bordilha (things to be discarded) · ca brossa (things to be discarded) · ru дрянь (something of poor quality) · ro rebut (things to be discarded) · ur کَچْرا (things to be discarded) · ar زُبَالَة (things to be discarded) · da papirkurv (computer terminology) · tpi pipia (things to be discarded) · es tlazol (things to be discarded) · fi jäte (things to be discarded) · fi roskalaatikko (container) · fi roska-astia (container) · tl kalat (things to be discarded) · de Mist (things to be discarded) · it mondezza (something of poor quality) · uk сміття́ (things to be discarded) · ko 쓰레기 (things to be discarded) · hi कूड़ेदान (container) · bg отпа́дъци (things to be discarded) · ru корзи́на (computer terminology) · fo rusk (things to be discarded) · ko 개털 (something of poor quality) · ko 오물 (things to be discarded) · ka ნაგავი (things to be discarded) · he פח אשפה (container) · dsb wótpadki (things to be discarded) · fa آشغال (things to be discarded) · hu szemét (things to be discarded) · ru отре́бье (people of low social status or class) · de Mistkübel (container) · hy աղբ (something of poor quality) · nl prul (something of poor quality) · ru шваль (people of low social status or class) · grc λῆρος (something of poor quality) · is rusl (things to be discarded) · ht fatra (things to be discarded) · ro deșeu (things to be discarded) · fi roskis (container)