trash out

verb

To criticize a person in a ranting way or manner.

“My computer trashed out again.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person trashes out · participle present trashing out · participle past trashed out · past trashed out

  1. informaltransitiveTo 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. informalintransitiveTo stop working; to crap out.

    My computer trashed out again.

  3. transitiveTo remove trash and other items from an abandoned house.

    The bank hired me to trash this house out.

  4. transitiveTo ruin (a place) with vandalism, garbage, etc.

    The rock band trashed out the hotel room.

  5. transitiveTo make (a place or thing) trashy or low-class.

    They're going to trash out the neighborhood.

  6. transitiveTo insult, demean and criticize (someone).

    You shouldn't trash people out like that.

  7. misspellingMisspelling of thrash out.
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APA

trash out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trash%20out

MLA

“trash out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trash%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trash out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trash%20out.

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