junk
1any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash.
old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.
Nautical Slang. salt junk.
Baseball Slang. relatively slow, unorthodox pitches that are deceptive to the batter in movement or pace, as knuckleballs or forkballs.
to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.
cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy.
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Other definitions for junk (2 of 3)
a seagoing ship with a traditional Chinese design and used primarily in Chinese waters, having square sails spread by battens, a high stern, and usually a flat bottom.
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2Other definitions for junk (3 of 3)
narcotics, especially heroin.
the external genitals: I kicked him in the junk.
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How to use junk in a sentence
The result has been a tide of disposable, nonrecyclable plastic junk.
Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well. | David Roberts | September 4, 2020 | VoxThey’ll junk their plan against a certain adversary and throw something completely different at them if whatever they did the first time around didn’t work.
The Raptors’ Defense Is Almost Never The Same, But It’s Always Really Good | Jared Dubin | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSpace junk isn’t going away anytime soon—and neither are the problems it causes.
How to cast a wider net for tracking space junk | Neel Patel | August 5, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewGiven how bad the space junk problem is getting, any new solutions are more than welcome at this point.
How to cast a wider net for tracking space junk | Neel Patel | August 5, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewMail ballots are now postage-paid, so you won’t need to dig around your junk drawer for stamps.
Politics Report: What Comes Next for Sports Arena | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | July 11, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
I am not the most financially literate person (I would be hard-pressed to articulate the term “junk bond”).
What you see is a massive, well-intentioned, legal junk pile.
For those in the resource world, every ton of junk that goes into a landfill represents wasted energy.
(Or as Gehry framed it in the Sketches documentary: “mak[ing] beauty with junk”).
I am just so convinced that junk food and high sugar food are undermining the health of people…It caused a lot of strain.
But as no junk-man came, and as no one could be found to care for its now sadly battered hulk, its good riddance became a problem.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithWe obliged them to proceed, passed close by the junk, and then landed, and continued our excursion on foot.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferAfter he had married her, he'd sell out this pile of junk and let somebody else haggle with the Injuns and cowpunchers.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanYour Caroline, so enticing five hours before in this very chamber where she frisked about like an eel, is now a junk of lead.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacThen bit by bit, he unloaded his mind, which appeared full of little things, like a junk shop.
The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
British Dictionary definitions for junk (1 of 2)
/ (dʒʌŋk) /
discarded or secondhand objects, etc, collectively
informal
rubbish generally
nonsense: the play was absolute junk
slang any narcotic drug, esp heroin
(tr) informal to discard as junk; scrap
Origin of junk
1British Dictionary definitions for junk (2 of 2)
/ (dʒʌŋk) /
a sailing vessel used in Chinese waters and characterized by a very high poop, flat bottom, and square sails supported by battens
Origin of junk
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