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junk1 noun, colloq 1 a worthless or rejected material; rubbish; b as adj cheap and worthless • junk jewellery. 2 old or second-hand articles sold cheaply. 3 nonsense. 4 slang narcotic drugs, especially heroin. verb (junked, junking) colloq 1 to treat something as junk. 2 to discard or abandon something as useless. junky adj (junkier, junkiest) rubbishy; worthless.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from jonke pieces of old rope.
junk2 noun a flat-bottomed square-sailed boat, with high forecastle and poop, from the Far East.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong.
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