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Garbage

//ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    bad, crap, shitty Australia, Canada, US, informal, not-comparable

    "Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”."

Noun
  1. 1
    Food waste material of any kind. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
  2. 2
    a receptacle where waste can be discarded wordnet
  3. 3
    foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter. Australia, Canada, Cumbria, England, US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
  4. 4
    a worthless message wordnet
  5. 5
    Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable

    "The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste."

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  1. 6
    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) wordnet
  2. 7
    A place or receptacle for waste material. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable

    "He threw the newspaper into the garbage."

  3. 8
    Nonsense; gibberish. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable

    "This machine translation is garbage."

  4. 9
    Something or someone worthless. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable

    "The dissenting Christian Advocate asked (5 January 1835) how a cabinet composed of the very garbage of Toryism could be expected to share the spirit of Peel’s manifesto."

  5. 10
    The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal. Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, uncountable
  6. 11
    An easy shot. Australia, Canada, US, attributive, slang, uncountable

    "Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket."

  7. 12
    Allocated memory which is no longer in use but has not yet been deallocated. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
  8. 13
    Data that are misinterpreted as another kind of data. Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    to eviscerate Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, transitive

    "I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Etymology 2

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Etymology 3

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

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