n.
- chiefly Brit. waste material; refuse or litter.
- unimportant or worthless material.
▸nonsense; worthless talk or ideas.
v.
Brit. informal criticize and reject as worthless.
adj.
Brit. informal very bad.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. rubbous; perh. rel. to OFr. robe ‘spoils’; cf. rubble.