I. ˈtrash 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
II. verb
Date: 1902
transitive verb
1. : throw away 1
standards of reality and truth were trash ed — Edwin Diamond
2. : vandalize , destroy
3. : attack , assault
4. : spoil , ruin
trash ing the environment
5. : to subject to criticism or invective ; especially : to disparage strongly
a film trash ed by the critics
intransitive verb
: to trash something or someone