1. [n]  nonsensical talk or writing
2. [n]  worthless people
3. [n]  worthless material that is discarded
4. [v]  express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
5. [v]  dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

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1. \Trash\, n. [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.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \Trash\, v. i.
   To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
   (1607).
   

To destroy, e.g. the contents of a data structure. The most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle, and scribble.

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