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trashing out

trashing out is the present participle and gerund of trash out.

Meaning of trash out

Verb

trash out (third-person singular simple present trashes out, present participle trashing out, simple past and past participle trashed out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To criticize a person in a ranting way or manner.
    • Friday night I crashed your party. / Saturday I said I'm sorry. / Sunday came 'n' [you] trashed me out again.1980, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses, Columbia Records
  2. (informal, intransitive) To stop working; to crap out.
    • My computer trashed out again.
  3. (transitive) To remove trash and other items from an abandoned house.
    • The bank hired me to trash this house out.
  4. (transitive) To ruin (a place) with vandalism, garbage, etc.
    • The rock band trashed out the hotel room.
  5. (transitive) To make (a place or thing) trashy or low-class.
    • They're going to trash out the neighborhood.
  6. (transitive) To insult, demean and criticize (someone).
    • You shouldn't trash people out like that.

Questions about trashing out

What is trashing out the present participle and gerund of?
Trashing out is the present participle and gerund of trash out.

Words near trashing out in the dictionary

  1. Trashigang
  2. trashily
  3. trashiness
  4. trashinesses
  5. trashing
  6. trashing out
  7. trashings
  8. trashion
  9. Trashiyangtse
  10. trashland
  11. trashlands

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