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junk 1
(jŭngk)n.
1. Discarded material, such as glass, rags, paper, or metal, some of which may be reused in some form.
2. Informal
a. Articles that are worn-out or fit to be discarded: broken furniture and other junk in the attic.
b. Cheap or shoddy material.
c. Something meaningless, fatuous, or unbelievable: nothing but junk in the annual report.
3. Vulgar Slang
a. The genitals.
b. The buttocks.
4. Slang Heroin.
5. Hard salt beef for consumption on board a ship.
tr.v. junked, junk·ing, junks
To discard as useless or sell to be reused as parts; scrap.
adj.
1. Cheap, shoddy, or worthless: junk jewelry.
2. Having a superficial appeal or utility, but lacking substance: "the junk issues that have dominated this year's election" (New Republic).
3. Relating to or similar to junk bonds, especially in having a high risk of default: debt of junk status.
[Middle English jonk, an old cable or rope, perhaps from jonk, rush (plant of the genus Juncus, often used to make cordage), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus; see jonquil.]
junk 2
(jŭngk)n.
A traditional Chinese sailing vessel having a high poop and usually two or more masts bearing battened lugsails.
[Portuguese junco or Dutch jonk, both from Javanese djong, variant of djung, from Old Javanese jong, seagoing ship.]
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junk
(dʒʌŋk)n
1. discarded or secondhand objects, etc, collectively
2. informal
a. rubbish generally
b. nonsense: the play was absolute junk.
3. slang any narcotic drug, esp heroin
vb
(tr) informal to discard as junk; scrap
[C15 jonke old useless rope]
junk
(dʒʌŋk)n
(Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel used in Chinese waters and characterized by a very high poop, flat bottom, and square sails supported by battens
[C17: from Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon; related to Dutch jonk]
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junk1
(dʒʌŋk)n.
1. old or discarded material or objects, as metal, paper, or rags, some of which may be reusable: junk accumulating in the attic.
2. something regarded as worthless or contemptible; trash.
3. old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.
v.t. 4. to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.
adj. 5. cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy: junk jewelry.
[1480–90]
junk′y, adj. junk•i•er, junk•i•est.
junk2
(dʒʌŋk)n.
a seagoing ship used primarily in Chinese waters, having square sails spread by battens, a high stern, and usu. a flat bottom.
[1580–90; < Portuguese junco a kind of sailing vessel]
junk3
(dʒʌŋk)n. Slang.
narcotics, esp. heroin.
[1920–25, Amer.; perhaps identical with junk1]
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junk
Past participle: junked
Gerund: junking
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| Noun | 1. |  junk - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken upslack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
| 2. | junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails boat - a small vessel for travel on water | |
| Verb | 1. |  junk - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
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junk
noun
verb
1. (Informal) get rid of, drop, remove, reject, abandon, dump (informal), shed, scrap, axe (informal), ditch (slang), chuck (informal), discard, dispose of, relinquish, dispense with, jettison, repudiate, cast aside, throw away or out The socialists junked dogma when they came to office.
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junk
verbTo let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:
Slang: ditch.
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Translations
خُرْدَةٌخُرْدَه، نُفايَهمَرْكِب شِراعي صيني: خَيْزُرانيَّه
džunkakrámystaré krámy
junkeragelseskrammelmarskandiser-affald
jäätmedprahtprügi
roinaromuromuttaaroskadžonkki
džunkaolupinaotpadsmeće
dzsunkalom
djúnkadrasl, skran
がらくた
쓰레기
džonkagrabažas
džunkastaré krámy
navlakastara šara
skräp
ของเก่าที่ไม่ต้องการแล้ว
đồ đồng nátghe
junk
1 [dʒʌŋk]A. N
1. (= worthless things) → trastos mpl viejos, cacharros mpl; (= bric-à-brac) → cachivaches mpl; (= cheap goods) → baratijas fpl; (= things thrown away) → desperdicios mpl, desechos mpl; (= iron) → chatarra f
C. CPD junk bond N → bono m basura
junk dealer N → vendedor(a) m/f de objetos usados
junk food N → comida f basura
junk heap N to end up on the junk heap → terminar en el cubo de la basura
junk mail N → propaganda f por correo
junk room N → trastero m
junk shop N → tienda f de objetos usados
junk dealer N → vendedor(a) m/f de objetos usados
junk food N → comida f basura
junk heap N to end up on the junk heap → terminar en el cubo de la basura
junk mail N → propaganda f por correo
junk room N → trastero m
junk shop N → tienda f de objetos usados
junk
2 [dʒʌŋk] N (= Chinese boat) → junco mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
junk
[ˈdʒʌŋk] n
(= rubbish) → bric-à-brac m inv, vieilleries fpl
The attic's full of junk → Le grenier est rempli de bric-à-brac.
The attic's full of junk → Le grenier est rempli de bric-à-brac.
(= ship) → jonque f
vt
→ bazarder , balancer junk bond n → obligation f à haut risque (dans les OPA agressives)junk dealer n → brocanteur/euse m/f
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junk
:junk bond
n (Fin) niedrig eingestuftes Wertpapier mit hohen Ertragschancen bei erhöhtem Risiko
junk car
n → Schrottauto nt
junk dealer
n → Trödler(in) m(f), → Altwarenhändler(in) m(f)
junk e-mail
n → unerbetene E-Mail mit Werbung
junk
:junk fax
n → unerbetenes Fax mit Werbung
junk food
n → Junk food nt (inf), → ungesundes Essen
junk heap
n (also inf: = car) → Schrotthaufen m (inf); you’ll end up on the junk → du wirst in der Gosse landen
junk
:junk mail
n → (Post)wurfsendungen pl, → Reklame f
junk room
n → Rumpelkammer f
junk shop
n → Trödelladen m
junk yard
n (for metal) → Schrottplatz m; (for discarded objects) → Schuttabladeplatz m; (of rag and bone merchant) → Trödellager (→ platz m) nt
junk
1n
(inf: = drugs) → Stoff m (inf)
junk
2n (boat) → Dschunke f
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junk1
(dʒaŋk) noun unwanted or worthless articles; rubbish. That cupboard is full of junk; (also adjective) This vase was bought in a junk shop (= a shop that sells junk).
ˈjunk food noun food such as potato chips, sweets and doughnuts, which is mass-produced and is of low nutritional value.
junk2
(dʒaŋk) noun a Chinese flat-bottomed sailing ship, high in the bow and stern.
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junk
→ خُرْدَةٌ krámy skrammel Trödel σκουπίδια trastos viejos roina bazar smeće cianfrusaglie がらくた 쓰레기 rommel skrap rupieć tralha, tranqueira хлам skräp ของเก่าที่ไม่ต้องการแล้ว pılı pırtı đồ đồng nát 垃圾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009