1
: something worth little or nothing: such as
b(1)
: inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (such as a television show)
especially
: such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment
(2)
(3)
: empty talk : nonsense
2
: a worthless person
also
: such persons as a group : riffraff
3
: something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass
especially
: debris from pruning or processing plant material
trashed; trashing; trashes
1
: throw away sense 1
standards of reality and truth were trashed—
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: to subject to criticism or invective
especially
: to disparage strongly
a film trashed by the critics
: to trash something or someone
Examples of trash in a Sentence
Noun
Take out the trash, please.
I put the dirty diaper in the trash.
I can't believe you're reading that trash.
She thinks that they're all trash.
Verb
a computer program that trashes useless files
The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.
The apartment had been trashed.
He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
Infected debris should be disposed of in the trash, never added to the compost pile.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 July 2025
When Lex shares that bombshell with the world, Superman takes quite a beating in the public discourse — setting up a montage in which assorted news programs and talk shows trash the Kryptonian.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 July 2025
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Noun
Leftover Paint If there are half-empty cans of leftover paint sitting on your garage shelves, avoid throwing them in the trash.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
Infected debris should be disposed of in the trash, never added to the compost pile.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Verb
Security then pulled Paul from the ring, but not before destroyed Jelly’s music equipment, smashing guitars, pushing over amps, and trashing the drum set.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 July 2025
When Lex shares that bombshell with the world, Superman takes quite a beating in the public discourse — setting up a montage in which assorted news programs and talk shows trash the Kryptonian.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 July 2025
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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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