I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
trailer trash
trash can
trash compactor
trash talking
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Coaches say they want to take trash talking out of high school football.
white trash
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
white
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We sought to distance ourselves from that, being white trash ourselves.
■ NOUN
bin
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Near their back porch, they said, rats scamper about, and maggots slither near trash bins .
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The second blast went off near a trash bin in the parking lot.
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Law enforcement agents and reporters were standing within feet of the trash bin where the second blast occurred.
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Instead of routinely tossing frequent-flier program newsletters into the trash bin , peruse them for upcoming bargains.
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They checked culverts, trash bins and washes.
can
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Putting the girls in the trash cans was the most important challenge of his life.
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I could scour the trash cans !
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It apparently started in a trash can and spread to the attic area of an 80-room wing of the motel.
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He carried the bag outside and dumped it in one of the trash cans at the rear of the cottage.
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Nathanson was also concerned that the trash cans on the platform were not emptied as often as needed.
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Cantor knew the depth of the trash can containing discarded hypotheses and discredited experiments in the cancer field.
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We recently replaced some large plastic barrels used as trash cans with more attractive station furnishings.
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Accompanying the maps are two benches, two pay phones, a pair of trash cans and 10 parking spaces.
■ VERB
pick
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Emilio just started picking trash up in the streets.
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But they also know they are lucky to be in Lansing, picking up the trash .
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I loved to pick through trash piles and collect empty bottles, tin cans with Pretty labels, and discarded magazines.
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They were already converting from three-person to one-person trucks, with mechanical arms that picked up trash barrels.
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They pick through trash , poke through mail and tap into sophisticated computer databases in search of the elusive money trail.
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Why, back in the States the white min pick up the trash .
talk
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Miller lets them talk trash on the court.
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Emotions ran high throughout the game, with players fouling hard and talking trash .
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She is talking a little trash in an effort to break the tension in the room.
throw
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Thrown away like a candy wrapper, thrown away like trash .
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Children threw away their own trash , and, consequently, cleaned their own rooms.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
talk trash
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Both teams talk trash on the basketball court.
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Emotions ran high throughout the game, with players fouling hard and talking trash.
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Miller lets them talk trash on the court.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A trash bag slung over the shoulder, Santa-style.
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But they also know they are lucky to be in Lansing, picking up the trash .
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More trash movies adored by Hollywood?
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One day Tod took from the trash a framed certificate and went and hung it on the toilet doornail.
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Where would we be without all the trash ?
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Band members have been accused of trashing their hotel rooms.
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Dad says it's OK to have the party here, as long as we don't trash the place.
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Some of the people he trashed on the show are planning to sue.
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Someone had broken in and trashed her apartment.
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That kid of yours has trashed my VCR.
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The team celebrated their victory by trashing their hotel rooms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the Bomb Squaders would leave their sixth-grade seats and trash the offenders.
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And when they weren't trashing each other, they were trashing themselves.
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George Bush's decision to trash the Kyoto global warming treaty is appalling.
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There are instances of evicted occupants looting and trashing the house before they leave, even removing the doors and bathroom fittings.