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junk
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈjəŋk 
1
a(1)
: old iron, glass, paper, or other waste that may be used again in some form
(2)
: secondhand, worn, or discarded articles
(3)
: clutter sense 1b
b
: something of poor quality : trash
c
: something of little meaning, worth, or significance
2
: pieces of old cable or cordage used especially to make gaskets, mats, swabs, or oakum
3
slang : narcotics
especially : heroin
4
: junk bond
5
: baseball pitches that break or are off-speed (such as curveballs or changeups)
6
slang : male genitalia
junk
2 of 3verb
junked; junking; junks
transitive verb
: to get rid of as worthless : scrap
junk
3 of 3noun (2)
: any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- cheese
- crapola [slang]
- dreck
- drek
- muck
- rubbish
- sleaze
- slop
- slush
- trash
- tripe
Verb
- cashier
- cast (off)
- chuck
- deep-six
- discard
- ditch
- dump
- eighty-six
- 86
- exorcise
- exorcize
- fling (off or away)
- jettison
- lay by
- lose
- pitch
- reject
- scrap
- shed
- shuck (off)
- slough (off)
- sluff (off)
- throw away
- throw out
- toss
- unload
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Example Sentences
Verb We decided to junk our old computer and buy a new one. we'll have to junk this old car
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English jonke
Noun (2)
Portuguese junco, from Javanese joṅ
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
1911, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1555, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing junk
Kids Definition
junk 1 of 3
noun
ˈjəŋk
1
: things that have been thrown away or are of little value or use
2
: a poorly made product
3
: something of little meaning, worth, or significance
There's nothing but junk on TV tonight.
junk
2 of 3verb
junked; junking
: to get rid of as worthless : scrap
I'm junking this car.
junk
3 of 3noun
: an Asian sailing boat that is high in the front
junks
verb
as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted we'll have to junk this old car Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- discards
- ditches
- dumps
- unloads
- scraps
- loses
- rejects
- abandons
- jettisons
- sheds
- tosses
- chucks
- exorcises
- removes
- cashiers
- throws away
- eliminates
- sets aside
- dismisses
- eighty-sixes
- sluffs (off)
- exorcizes
- deep-sixes
- disposes of
- lays by
- flings (off or away)
- deserts
- forsakes
- expunges
- throws out
- pitches
- sloughs (off)
- 86es
- abolishes
- eradicates
- exterminates
- shucks (off)
- casts (off)
- abdicates
- annihilates
- extirpates
- kicks out
- wipes out
- liquidates
- extinguishes
- stamps (out)
- roots (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- uses
- adopts
- embraces
- takes on
- utilizes
- keeps
- holds
- employs
- retains
- holds back