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junk

adjective

  1. rubbishy, second-rate, inferior
  2. pertaining to heroin or the hard drug culture
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noun

  1. type of boat
L16992 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to treat as junk or rubbish
L16993 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌŋk/ / /d͡ʒɐŋk/

name

Etymology: South German surname, spelling variant of Jung.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Portuguese junco with reinforcement from Dutch jonk, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, جوڠ, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of djong.

  1. A Chinese sailing vessel.

    It was a vessel of about seventy tons burthen, and shaped something like a Chinese junk.

verb

Etymology: From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture. Often compared to Middle English junk, jonk, jonke, junck (“a rush; basket made of rushes”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”); however, the Oxford English Dictionary finds "no evidence of connexion".

  1. To throw away.
  2. To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junkshop)

    (On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house."

  3. To consume junk food, mainly at a fast-food restaurant.

    Let's just junk some burgers at McDonald's.

    Let me go junking to KFC with you.