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How to pronounce “rubbish”
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Pronunciation guide for rubbish
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of rubbish with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Anthony Daniels
It means the actor was rubbish, got to do it again.
- Definition summary
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce rubbish
Anthony Daniels

It means the actor was rubbish, got to do it again.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “rubbish”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
- (by extension, chiefly Commonwealth) An item, or items, of low quality.
- (by extension, chiefly Commonwealth) Nonsense.
- (archaic) Debris or ruins of buildings; rubble.
- [Adjective]
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful.
- [Interjection]
- Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.
- Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!
- [Verb]
- (transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage. [from c. 1950s (Australia, New Zealand)]
- (transitive, Australia, Hong Kong) To litter.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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