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—
Edwin Diamond
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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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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 July 2025
Supporters of the ordinance argued the restrictions would protect neighborhood quality of life, citing issues such as noise, trash and overcrowding associated with short-term rentals.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2025
Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
The singer jumped to his friend’s defense and pulled Paul back by the hair and shoved him aside, but not before Logan smashed up Jelly’s musical equipment, trashing his guitars and drum set.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 July 2025
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Noun
According to the probable cause affidavit reviewed by PEOPLE in January 2023, authorities identified him after matching DNA on trash taken from Bryan's parents' home to that of the sheath of the knife used in the stabbings that was left at the crime scene.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 July 2025
Supporters of the ordinance argued the restrictions would protect neighborhood quality of life, citing issues such as noise, trash and overcrowding associated with short-term rentals.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2025
Verb
Rather than driving her to school, according to investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Kissimmee Police Department, Sterns trashed her belongings in a dumpster and drove to and from St. Cloud.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
The singer jumped to his friend’s defense and pulled Paul back by the hair and shoved him aside, but not before Logan smashed up Jelly’s musical equipment, trashing his guitars and drum set.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 July 2025
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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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