JUNK

junk

(noun) any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus

(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

trash, junk, scrap

(verb) dispose of (something useless or old); “trash these old chairs”; “junk an old car”; “scrap your old computer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Junk (plural Junks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Junk is the 22856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1120 individuals. Junk is most common among White (95.63%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

junk (uncountable)

Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.

A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.

(slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.

(slang) The genitalia.

(nautical) Salt beef.

Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc, and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

(dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.

(attributive) Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.

Synonyms

• See also trash

• cameltoe

• male crotch bulge

Verb

junk (third-person singular simple present junks, present participle junking, simple past and past participle junked)

(transitive) To throw away.

(transitive) To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)

Synonyms

• (throw away): bin, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash

• See also junk

Etymology 2

Noun

junk (plural junks)

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

Source: Wiktionary

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Junk, n.

Definition: A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk. [Colloq.] Lowell.

Junk, n. Etym: [Pg. junco junk, rush, L. juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. Junket.]

1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle , a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored glass.

– Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc.

– Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck.

– Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine. (b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place; (c) A follower.

– Junk shop, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale.

– Junk vat (Leather Manuf.), a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is pumped.

– Junk wad (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.

Junk, n. Etym: [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. & Malay jong, ajong, Chin. chwan.] (Naut.)

Definition: A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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