rubbish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
    scrap; trash.
  2. noun nonsensical talk or writing
    codswallop; wish-wash; trumpery; tripe; applesauce; folderol; trash.
  3. verb attack strongly

WordNet

Rub"bish noun
Etymology
OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of rubble. See Robe, and cf. Rubble.
Definitions
  1. Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris.
    What rubbish and what offal! Shak.
    he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. Dryden.
Rub"bish adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De Quincey.

Webster 1913