Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
TRASH
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus
Date: circa 1518
something worth little or nothing: as, junk , rubbish , b. empty talk ; nonsense , inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (as a television show), trash talk , something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass, a worthless person,
II. verb
Date: 1902
transitive verb throw away 1 , vandalize , destroy , attack , assault , spoil , ruin , to subject to criticism or invective, intransitive verb to trash something or someone