junkier

Variant of junk

junk 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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