TRASH

I. noun Etymology: Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus Date: circa 1518 something worth little or nothing: as, junk , rubbish , b. empty talk ; nonsense , inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (as a television show), ~ talk , something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass, a worthless person, II. verb Date: 1902 transitive verb throw away 1 , vandalize , destroy , attack , assault , spoil , ruin , to subject to criticism or invective, intransitive verb to ~ something or someone