The meaning of Riffraff

noun

Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.

Usage examples:

Garbage littered the estate

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

noun

Waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept

Usage examples:

She threw the cheese in the garbage., take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up., t…

noun

A person who is thought of as worthless

Usage examples:

She’s a lazy good-for-nothing.

noun

A poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

Usage examples:

Peasants left the farms to work in industry

noun

A member of a low social class of farm workers and owners of small farms

noun

A disorderly crowd; a mob.

Usage examples:

He was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths

noun

The mass of people who are ordinary, unimportant, and poor, and sometimes threatening

verb

Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Usage examples:

I refused to answer

noun

Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish.

Usage examples:

Heaps of refuse

noun

Waste material; refuse or litter.

Usage examples:

Householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish

verb

Criticize severely and reject as worthless.

Usage examples:

He rubbished the idea of a european community-wide carbon tax

adjective

Very bad; worthless or useless.

Usage examples:

People might say i was a rubbish manager

noun

A layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid.

Usage examples:

Green scum found on stagnant pools

verb

Form a layer of dirt or froth on (a liquid).

Usage examples:

Litter scummed the surface of the water

noun

Waste material; refuse.

Usage examples:

The subway entrance was blocked with trash

verb

Damage or destroy.

Usage examples:

My apartment's been totally trashed

noun

Anything that is worthless and of low quality; waste

Usage examples:

We filled three cans with trash from the garage., i simply trash that kind of mail., some people se…

noun

People whose behaviour or appearance makes them unacceptable in society or at a particular occasion

Usage examples:

There are guards on the door to keep out (the) undesirables.

noun

Wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or which carry disease, e.g. rodents.

Usage examples:

Killed as vermin or game, the pumas have gone

plural noun

Small animals and insects that are harmful or annoying and are often difficult to control

Usage examples:

She reported an infestation of vermin, including rats, in the basement of the apartment house.

adjective

Used to describe people who are only slightly famous, or who are famous but not for doing anything special

Usage examples:

They got a few z-list celebrities to come to the party.