n.
Pronunciation: ' trash
Function: 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
1 : something worth little or nothing: as a : JUNK , RUBBISH b (1) : empty talk : NONSENSE (2) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (as a television show) especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment (3) : TRASH TALK
2 : something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material
3 : a worthless person also : such persons as a group : RIFFRAFF