junk
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junk (juŋk)
noun
- Obsolete old cable or rope used for making oakum, mats, etc.
- old metal, glass, paper, rags, etc., parts of which may be salvageable for reuse
- Informal useless or worthless stuff; trash; rubbish
- ☆ Slang a narcotic drug; esp., heroin
- 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
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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