junk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: jŭngk, IPA: /dʒʌŋk/, SAMPA: /dZVNk/

[edit] Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

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junk (uncountable)

1. Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
2. A collection of miscellaneous items of little value
3. (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
4. (slang) male genitalia.
   • 2005, Lucius Shepard, Eternity and Other Stories, p. 136:

     I stepped into my pants and feeling more confident with my junk covered, I said, "Have yourself a show, did ya?"

   • 2006, Cosmopolitan Editors, Cosmo Confessions, page 47:

     All of a sudden I was skiing naked with my junk flying in the wind!

   • 2007, Meghan Chavalier, Confessions of a Transsexual Porn Star, page 24:

     My whole penis was black and blue and my balls were swollen. My brother, who was two years ahead of me and had since moved back into the house with us came in the bedroom and saw me looking at my junk.

   • 2007 October 11, Greg Garcia (creator), “Betty’s Wait Problem”, My Name Is Earl, NBC, season 2, episode 3:

     Patty the Daytime Hooker: The pay was good, but when the opium buzz wears off and you're standing there naked with a tambourine in one hand and a tiger's junk in the other, it's time for a young girl to come home.

   • 2007, Diablo Cody, Juno:

   • Punk Receptionist: Free condom? They're boysenberry.
     Juno: No, thanks. I'm off sex right now.
     Punk Receptionist: My boyfriend wears them every time we have intercourse, it makes his junk smell like pie.

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• See also Wikisaurus:trash

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junk bond junk DNA junk food junkie

junk mail junk room junk science junkyard

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[edit] Verb

to junk (third-person singular simple present junks, present participle junking, simple past and past participle junked)

1. (transitive) To throw away.

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• (throw away): bin, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
• See also Wikisaurus:junk

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Portuguese junco, from Javanese djong (Malay adjong).

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Wikipedia

junk (plural junks)

1. (nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

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