junkyadj.
/ˈdʒʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋki/ 1.
a. regional. Thick, chunky; esp. (of a person) thickset, solidly built. Cf. junk n.1 2. Now rare.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [adjective] > thick
thickc888
fata1325
tun-greatc1405
crassy1630
junky1825
1825 J. McHenry Hearts of Steel III. iv. 93 She was of a fat junky make, with a round blazoned face, and black hair of a greasy appearance.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 108 Cut me a nice junky piece of bread.
1868 Boston Daily Advertiser 20 July It [sc. a fish] had six feet of a tail, attached to a junky body of eight feet in length.
1898 N. Munro John Splendid iv. 36 All stout junky men of middle size.
1956 N. Mass Where Incas Trod ii. 198 That's the big junky piece, quite twelve inches thick.
1965 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 283/1 They was short, like the Frenchmen is, short, junky fellows—black, black hair.
b. Jamaican. Short; cut short; broken off. Cf. junk v. 1. Now rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective]
shortc888
scutc1440
stuck1440
span-long1593
junky1873
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened > (as if) by cutting
cuttedc1386
docked1408
stucked?a1439
trunked1552
cropped1558
lopped1570
short-cut1596
stumped1598
dubbeda1661
truncated1704
truncate1717
well-cropped1805
clipped1870
junky1873
lobbed1883
crop1957
1873 C. J. G. Rampini Lett. from Jamaica xii. 129 Him tie on him junky (short) blue frock roun' him waist.
1888 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Nov. Lying under a tree, with his junky, (cutty) pipe in his mouth.
1943 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 255/1 Junka, broken.
2. Of the nature of junk; trashy, worthless, valueless. Sometimes also without negative connotation: pleasingly old or worn.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]
evil971
lowc1175
poor?c1225
feeblec1275
vilea1300
petty1372
unthende1377
secondary1386
petitc1390
unmeeta1393
illa1400
commonc1400
coarse1424
indigent1426
unlikelyc1450
lesser1464
gross1474
naughty1526
inferior1531
reprobate?1545
slender1577
unlikely1578
puny1579
under1580
wooden1592
sordid1596
puisne1598
provant1601
subministrant1604
inferious1607
sublunary1624
indifferent1638
undermatched1642
unworthy1646
underly1648
turncoated1650
female1652
undergraduate1655
farandinical1675
baddishc1736
ungenerous1745
understrapping1762
tinnified1794
demi-semi1805
shabby1805
dicky1819
poor white1821
tin-pot1838
deterior1848
substandard1850
crumby1859
cheesy1863
po'1866
not-quite1867
rocky1873
mouldy1876
low-grade1878
sketchy1878
midget1879
junky1880
ullaged1892
abysmal1904
bodgie1905
junk1908
crap1936
ropy1941
bodger1945
two-star1951
tripey1955
manky1958
schlocky1960
cack1978
wank1991
bowf1994
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
1880 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 21 Feb. The applause accorded Mr. Swan was exceedingly desultory—and junky as it were.
1937 M. Levin Old Bunch iv. ii. 727 I'd have to put out as junky a thing as theirs.
1966 Punch 27 July p. vii Dealing in junky but odd bric-à-brac and more expensive furniture.
1974 New Yorker 25 Feb. 62/3 In the past couple of years, an extraordinary demand for junky furniture seems to have arisen in London.
2018 Cornwall (Ontario) Standard Freeholder (Nexis) 17 May a1 The tackiest, junkiest souvenir-ware that you might pick up on a trip to Niagara Falls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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