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junk1 definition

junk (juŋk)

noun

  1. Obsolete old cable or rope used for making oakum, mats, etc.
  2. old metal, glass, paper, rags, etc., parts of which may be salvageable for reuse
  3. Informal useless or worthless stuff; trash; rubbish
  4. ☆ Slang a narcotic drug; esp., heroin
  5. Baseball, Slang low-velocity pitches, esp. slow curve balls

Etymology: ME jonk < ? jonk, reed < OFr jonc < L juncus, a rush: see jonquil

transitive verb

☆ Informal to throw away as worthless or get rid of by selling as junk; discard; scrap

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junk2 definition

junk (juŋk)

noun

a Chinese or Japanese flat-bottomed ship with a high stern and lugsails or lateen sails

Etymology: Fr jonque < Port junco < Jav jong < Malay adjong

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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