junk
//d͡ʒʌŋk//
Forms
- Plural
- junks
- present (v1)
- junk
- past (v2)
- junked
- past participle (v3)
- junked
- present participle
- junking
- 3rd person singular
- junks
Definitions
1.Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
- This shed is full of junk – will you help me sort it out?
- She needs to find a better place to keep her junk [= belongings].
- What a piece of junk!
2.Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.
- I don't eat junk food anymore.
3.Nonsense; gibberish.
- The student put down junk for answers just to finish his homework more quickly.
4.Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.(slang)
- Ah love nothing (except junk), ah hate nothing (except forces that prevent me getting any) and ah fear nothing (except not scoring).
- The poor fellow took so much junk into his system he could only weather the greater proportion of his day in that chair with the lamp burning at noon, but in the morning he was magnificent.
1.To throw away.(informal)
2.To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junkshop)(informal)
3.To consume junk food, mainly at a fast-food restaurant.(informal)
- Let me go junking to KFC with you.
- Let's just junk some burgers at McDonald's.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4935
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture.