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.
Origin of junk
2
First recorded in 1545–55; from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong “large boat, ship,” possibly from dialectal Chinese (Xiamen) chûn; compare Guangdong (Cantonese) dialect syùhn, (Mandarin) Chinese chuán
Definition for junk (3 of 3)
junk3
[ juhngk ]
/ dʒʌŋk /
nounSlang.
narcotics, especially heroin.
the external genitals: I kicked him in the junk.
Origin of junk
3
First recorded in 1920–25; perhaps special use of junk1
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|Vox
They’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|FiveThirtyEight
Given 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 Review
Space 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 Review
Mail 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”).
Can Self-Help Books Really Make a New You?|Lizzie Crocker|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For those in the resource world, every ton of junk that goes into a landfill represents wasted energy.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(Or as Gehry framed it in the Sketches documentary: “mak[ing] beauty with junk”).
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I am just so convinced that junk food and high sugar food are undermining the health of people…It caused a lot of strain.
Why the Rockefellers Rejected Big Oil|Tim Mak|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One is burned and damaged; another looks like a 1960s-style Airstream buried in a pile of old furniture, toys, and other junk.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild|Caitlin Dickson|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was n't that what I wanted some junk for—to sell it, so I could go on the train?
In Pawn|Ellis Parker Butler
"That poor fellow is about done for," said Nata, pushing off from the junk.
The Usurper|Judith Gautier
It sneezed all over my poor bus, and threw some junk into me as if it thought me nothing better than a kind of waste basket.
A Man for the Ages|Irving Bacheller
He made a sweeping gesture around the room that looked like a junk heap.
Stand by for Mars!|Carey Rockwell
We were just beginning to grow anxious about you when the junk was sighted.
The Beautiful White Devil|Guy Boothby
British Dictionary definitions for junk (1 of 2)
junk1
/ (dʒʌŋk) /
noun
discarded or secondhand objects, etc, collectively
informal
rubbish generally
nonsensethe play was absolute junk
slangany narcotic drug, esp heroin
verb
(tr)informalto discard as junk; scrap
Word Origin for junk
C15 jonke old useless rope
British Dictionary definitions for junk (2 of 2)
junk2
/ (dʒʌŋk) /
noun
a sailing vessel used in Chinese waters and characterized by a very high poop, flat bottom, and square sails supported by battens
Word Origin for junk
C17: from Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon; related to Dutch jonk