rubbish
/ˈrʌbɪʃ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrʌbɪʃ/
rubbish
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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- Clear final sound
rub - bish -> rubbish
Myanmar meaning
(n) အမိုက်
Full entry
rubbish /'rʌbÇʃ/ n [U]
၁။ (esp Brit ) (US also garbage, trash )
(က) အမှိုက်။ အမှိုက်သရိုက်။ household rubbish ❍ The dustmen haven't collected the rubbish yet. ❍ a rubbish dump/heap/ tip ❍ a rubbish bin. (ခ) အစုတ်ပလုတ်။ The film is (a load of) rubbish.
၂။ (infml ) မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ မဟုတ်တမ်းတရမ်း။ တွေ့ကရာရှစ်သောင်း။ Rubbish! You're not fat! ❍ Don't talk rubbish! ❍ You don't believe all that rubbish, do you?
v (infml ) စုတ်ပြတ်သွားအောင် ဝေဖန်သည်။
The film was rubbished by the critics. ❍ He rubbished all my ideas, saying they were impractical.
❏ rubbishy adj (infml ) အပေါစား။ rubbishy TV serials.
More examples
- The council is encouraging people to recycle their household rubbish.
- The streets were littered with rubbish.
- Most of the information in her article was utter rubbish.
- As usual, he was talking complete rubbish.
- Critics have described the paintings as worthless rubbish.
- Cable TV, to quote Mr James, is just ‘200 channels of rubbish’.
Synonyms
refuse, debris, litter, waste, garbage, trash, junk, balderdash, belittle, bilge, bosh, bunkum, claptrap, codswallop, dregs, drivel, dross, find fault with, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, lumber, nonsense, offal, pick holes in, poppycock, pulp, rot, rubble, rummage, run down, scrap, shoot down, stuff and nonsense, sweepings, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, worthless
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