junk
junk 1
(jŭngk)n.
1. Discarded material, such as glass, rags, paper, or metal, some of which may be reused in some form.
2. Informal
a. Articles that are worn-out or fit to be discarded: broken furniture and other junk in the attic.
b. Cheap or shoddy material.
c. Something meaningless, fatuous, or unbelievable: nothing but junk in the annual report.
3. Vulgar Slang
a. The genitals.
b. The buttocks.
4. Slang Heroin.
5. Hard salt beef for consumption on board a ship.
tr.v. junked, junk·ing, junks
To discard as useless or sell to be reused as parts; scrap.
adj.
1. Cheap, shoddy, or worthless: junk jewelry.
2. Having a superficial appeal or utility, but lacking substance: "the junk issues that have dominated this year's election" (New Republic).
3. Relating to or similar to junk bonds, especially in having a high risk of default: debt of junk status.
[Middle English jonk, an old cable or rope, perhaps from jonk, rush (plant of the genus Juncus, often used to make cordage), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus; see jonquil.]
junk 2
(jŭngk)n.
A traditional Chinese sailing vessel having a high poop and usually two or more masts bearing battened lugsails.
[Portuguese junco or Dutch jonk, both from Javanese djong, variant of djung, from Old Javanese jong, seagoing ship.]
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junk
(dʒʌŋk)n
1. discarded or secondhand objects, etc, collectively
2. informal
a. rubbish generally
b. nonsense: the play was absolute junk.
3. slang any narcotic drug, esp heroin
vb
(tr) informal to discard as junk; scrap
[C15 jonke old useless rope]
junk
(dʒʌŋk)n
(Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel used in Chinese waters and characterized by a very high poop, flat bottom, and square sails supported by battens
[C17: from Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon; related to Dutch jonk]
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junk1
(dʒʌŋk)n.
1. old or discarded material or objects, as metal, paper, or rags, some of which may be reusable: junk accumulating in the attic.
2. something regarded as worthless or contemptible; trash.
3. old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.
v.t.4. to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.
adj.5. cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy: junk jewelry.
[1480–90]
junk′y, adj. junk•i•er, junk•i•est.
junk2
(dʒʌŋk)n.
a seagoing ship used primarily in Chinese waters, having square sails spread by battens, a high stern, and usu. a flat bottom.
[1580–90; < Portuguese junco a kind of sailing vessel]
junk3
(dʒʌŋk)n. Slang.
narcotics, esp. heroin.
[1920–25, Amer.; perhaps identical with junk1]
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junk
Past participle: junked
Gerund: junking
| Imperative |
|---|
| junk |
| junk |
| Present |
|---|
| I junk |
| you junk |
| he/she/it junks |
| we junk |
| you junk |
| they junk |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I junked |
| you junked |
| he/she/it junked |
| we junked |
| you junked |
| they junked |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am junking |
| you are junking |
| he/she/it is junking |
| we are junking |
| you are junking |
| they are junking |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have junked |
| you have junked |
| he/she/it has junked |
| we have junked |
| you have junked |
| they have junked |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was junking |
| you were junking |
| he/she/it was junking |
| we were junking |
| you were junking |
| they were junking |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had junked |
| you had junked |
| he/she/it had junked |
| we had junked |
| you had junked |
| they had junked |
| Future |
|---|
| I will junk |
| you will junk |
| he/she/it will junk |
| we will junk |
| you will junk |
| they will junk |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have junked |
| you will have junked |
| he/she/it will have junked |
| we will have junked |
| you will have junked |
| they will have junked |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be junking |
| you will be junking |
| he/she/it will be junking |
| we will be junking |
| you will be junking |
| they will be junking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been junking |
| you have been junking |
| he/she/it has been junking |
| we have been junking |
| you have been junking |
| they have been junking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been junking |
| you will have been junking |
| he/she/it will have been junking |
| we will have been junking |
| you will have been junking |
| they will have been junking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been junking |
| you had been junking |
| he/she/it had been junking |
| we had been junking |
| you had been junking |
| they had been junking |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would junk |
| you would junk |
| he/she/it would junk |
| we would junk |
| you would junk |
| they would junk |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have junked |
| you would have junked |
| he/she/it would have junked |
| we would have junked |
| you would have junked |
| they would have junked |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  junk - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken upslack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
| 2. | junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails boat - a small vessel for travel on water lugsail, lug - a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast | |
| Verb | 1. |  junk - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
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junk
noun
verb
1. (Informal) get rid of, drop, remove, reject, abandon, dump (informal), shed, scrap, axe (informal), ditch (slang), chuck (informal), discard, dispose of, relinquish, dispense with, jettison, repudiate, cast aside, throw away or out The socialists junked dogma when they came to office.
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junk
verbTo let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:
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Translations
خُرْدَةٌخُرْدَه، نُفايَهمَرْكِب شِراعي صيني: خَيْزُرانيَّه
džunkakrámystaré krámy
junkeragelseskrammelmarskandiser-affald
jäätmedprahtprügi
roinaromuromuttaaroskadžonkki
džunkaolupinaotpadsmeće
dzsunkalom
djúnkadrasl, skran
がらくた
쓰레기
džonkagrabažas
džunkastaré krámy
navlakastara šara
skräp
ของเก่าที่ไม่ต้องการแล้ว
đồ đồng nátghe
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
junk
:
junk bond
n (Fin) niedrig eingestuftes Wertpapier mit hohen Ertragschancen bei erhöhtem Risiko
junk car
n → Schrottauto nt
junk
:
junk
:
junk mail
n → (Post)wurfsendungen pl, → Reklame f
junk
1
n
(inf: = drugs) → Stoff m (inf)
junk
2
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
junk
1 [dʒʌŋk]
1. n (stuff) → roba (fam) (goods of poor quality) → porcherie fpl
junk
2 [dʒʌŋk] n (boat) → giunca
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
junk1
(dʒaŋk) noununwanted or worthless articles; rubbish. That cupboard is full of junk; (also adjective) This vase was bought in a junk shop (= a shop that sells junk).
ˈjunk food nounfood such as potato chips, sweets and doughnuts, which is mass-produced and is of low nutritional value.
junk2
(dʒaŋk) nouna Chinese flat-bottomed sailing ship, high in the bow and stern.
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junk
→ خُرْدَةٌ krámy skrammel Trödel σκουπίδια trastos viejos roina bazar smeće cianfrusaglie がらくた 쓰레기 rommel skrap rupieć tralha, tranqueira хлам skräp ของเก่าที่ไม่ต้องการแล้ว pılı pırtı đồ đồng nát 垃圾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009