v
(transitive) To make or treat as trash.
n
(idiomatic) A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it is made, or where they already have an abundance.
v
To be given hospitality at dinner because of one's conversation about (a particular subject or incident)
n
(in the plural) Discarded material.
n
The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter.
n
A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites.
n
(US) A person who practices dumpster diving.
n
(US) The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
n
Alternative spelling of dumpster diving [(US) The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.]
v
(colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.
n
(slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
n
Discarded electronic equipment.
n
Discarded electrical and electronic equipment.
v
To dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location.
n
The illegal dumping of rubbish on unauthorised sites.
v
Alternative form of fly-tip [To dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location.]
n
Alternative form of fly-tipping [The illegal dumping of rubbish on unauthorised sites.]
v
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
v
(programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection
n
(nostandard, rare, gender-neutral) A garbage collector of any gender; a garbageman or garbagewoman.
n
(uncommon) One who collects, sorts, or disposes of garbage.
n
The anthropological study of society through refuse.
adj
(informal) Easily portable.
n
(idiomatic) The abandonment of an elderly relative in a public place, e.g. a hospital.
n
(idiomatic) The practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasing homeless patients on the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative or shelter or retaining them in a hospital where they may require expensive medical care.
v
(transitive, informal) To throw away.
n
A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects.
v
(transitive) To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
v
(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
n
A very large dump, or site for discarding waste.
n
(slang, idiomatic, sometimes pejorative, sometimes ethnic slur) An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.
v
(US) To discard into a recycling bin.
n
Things that are thrown away or rejected; items with little or no value waste, rubbish, garbage, refuse, ejecta
n
A person who engages in salvage work
n
A person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
v
(computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
n
A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
v
(archaic) To collect junk or scrap.
n
(US, idiomatic, derogatory) Poorly-educated (usually white) person or people of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
n
(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
n
(US) A covert investigation by the police of a person's refuse when it has been placed outside the curtilage of their home.
n
One who trashes something.
v
(informal, transitive) To throw away; to dispose of.
n
Paper that has been trashed, thrown away.
n
(idiomatic) The state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.
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