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TRASH
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash
(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop
(noun) nonsensical talk or writing
trash, scum
(noun) worthless people
rubbish, trash, scrap
(noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of
pan, tear apart, trash
(verb) express a totally negative opinion of; “The critics panned the performance”
trash, junk, scrap
(verb) dispose of (something useless or old); “trash these old chairs”; “junk an old car”; “scrap your old computer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)
(chiefly, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
A container into which things are discarded.
Something worthless or of poor quality.
(slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
(fandom, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Synonyms
• garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
• (container): trash can
• (storage for deleted files): recycle bin
• See also trash
Verb
trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)
(US) To discard.
(US) To make into a mess.
(US) To beat soundly in a game.
(US) To disrespect someone or something
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
Synonyms
• See also junk
Anagrams
• Arths, HARTs, Stahr, harts, raths, shart, tahrs, thars
Source: Wiktionary
Trash, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]
1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.
2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
Note: In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.
3. A worthless person. [R.] Shak.
4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing.]
1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.
2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
Trash, v. i.
Definition: To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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