junk

junk ¹  (jngk)

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. Slang Heroin.

4. 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).

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[Middle English jonk, an old cable or rope.]

Word History: The word junk is an example of the change in meaning known as generalization, and very aptly too, since the amount of junk in the world seems to be generalizing and proliferating rapidly. The Middle English word jonk, ancestor of junk, originally had a very specific meaning restricted to nautical terminology. First recorded in 1353, the word meant "an old cable or rope." On a sailing ship it made little sense to throw away useful material since considerable time might pass before one could get new supplies. Old cable was used in a variety of ways, for example, to make fenders, that is, material hung over the side of the ship to protect it from scraping other ships or wharves. Junk came to refer to this old cable as well. The big leap in meaning taken by the word seems to have occurred when junk was applied to discarded but useful material in general. This extension may also have taken place in a nautical context, for the earliest, more generalized use of junk is found in the compound junk shop, referring to a store where old materials from ships were sold. Junk has gone on to mean useless waste as well.

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junk ²  (jngk)

n.

A Chinese flatbottom ship with a high poop and battened sails.

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[Portuguese junco or Dutch jonk, both from Javanese djong, variant of djung, from Old Javanese jong, sea-going ship.]

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junk¹

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]

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junk²

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel used in Chinese waters and characterized by a very high poop, flat bottom, and square sails supported by battens

[from Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon; related to Dutch jonk]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	junk - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up debris, detritus, rubble, dust rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of slack - 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 lugsail, lug - a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
Verb	1.	junk - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" scrap, trash chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

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junk

noun

rubbish, refuse, waste, scrap, litter, debris, crap (slang), garbage (chiefly U.S.), trash, clutter, rummage, dross, odds and ends, oddments, flotsam and jetsam, leavings, dreck (slang, chiefly U.S.) What are you going to do with all that junk?

verb

(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.

Translations

junk¹ [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

2. (= rubbish) → porquería f
the play is a lot of junk → la obra es una chapuza or porquería
this umbrella is a piece of junk → este paraguas es una porquería
he eats nothing but junk → no come más que porquerías
he talks a lot of junk → no dice más que tonterías

B. VT [+ object] → tirar, tirar a la basura; [+ idea, theory etc] → desechar

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

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junk² [dʒʌŋk] N (= Chinese boat) → junco m

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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.

(= ship) → jonque f

vt

→ bazarder >, balancer >
junk bond n → obligation dans les OPA agressives)f à haut risque >
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

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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

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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

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junk¹

n

(= discarded objects) → Trödel m, → altes Zeug, Gerümpel nt

(inf: = trash) → Ramsch m, → Plunder m, → Schund m

(inf: = drugs) → Stoff m (inf)

vt (inf: = get rid of) object → wegschmeißen (inf); idea, attempt → aufgeben

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junk²

n (boat) → Dschunke f

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junk¹ [dʒʌŋk]

1. n (stuff) → roba (fam) (goods of poor quality) → porcherie fpl

2. vt → disfarsi di

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junk¹ [dʒʌŋk]

1. n (stuff) → roba (fam) (goods of poor quality) → porcherie fpl

2. vt → disfarsi di

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junk² [dʒʌŋk] n (boat) → giunca

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junk² [dʒʌŋk] n (boat) → giunca

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junk¹

n junk [dʒaŋk]

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). rommel, gemors خُرْدَه، نُفايَه вехтории staré krámy ragelse; marskandiser- der Trödel; Trödel... άχρηστα αντικείμενα, σαβούρα, που έχει σχέση με σαβούρα trastos vanakraam آت و آشغال؛ خرت و پرت romu bric-à-brac גְרוּטָאוֹת बेकार वस्तु smeće limlom rongsokan drasl, skran cianfrusaglie がらくた 시시한 것 šlamštas, utilis grabažas barang-barang lama rommel skrap(-), skrot; avfall rupiecie lixo gunoi хлам staré krámy, haraburdy stara šara bezvredan predmet skrot, skräp, lump เศษของที่ไม่ใช้แล้ว çer çöp, hurda 廢棄物 ганчір'я, хлам کباڑ đồ tạp nhạp 废弃物

n junk food

food such as potato chips, sweets and doughnuts, which is mass-produced and is of low nutritional value. gemorskos, kafkos, ongesonde kos طَعام بسيط سريع قليل الفائِده вредна храна (от която се пълнее бързо) bufetová strava junkfood das Junkfood πρόχειρο φαγητό κακής ποιότητας comida basura rämpstoit هله هوله؛ غذای ناسالم roskaruoka אוֹכֵל לא בָּרִיא अंडबंड खाना brza hrana olcsó, egészségtelen ennivaló, nass jajanan (cibo poco sostanzioso) ジャンクフード 영양가가 낮은 식품 nemaistingas gatavas maistas nepilnvērtīga barība (čipsi u.tml.) makanan ringan junkfood gatekjøkkenmat, usunn mat niezdrowe jedzenie нездоровая пища rýchle občerstvenie (s malou nutričnou hodnotou) hitro pripravljena, manjvredna hrana brza hrana skräpmat อาหารขยะ; อาหารที่มีคุณค่าต่ำแต่มีแคลอรี่สูง abur cubur yiyecek 垃圾食品 неповноцінна їжа کم غذائیت والی خوراک quà vặt 垃圾食品

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junk²

n junk [dʒaŋk]

a Chinese flat-bottomed sailing ship, high in the bow and stern. jonk مَرْكِب شِراعي صيني: خَيْزُرانيَّه китайска лодка džunka junke die Dschunke κινέζικο καράβι χωρίς καρίνα και με υπερυψωμένη πλώρη junco džonki جانک dzonkki jonque מִפרָשִׂית סִינִית एक तरह का चीनी जहाज junka kínai vitorlás(hajó) perahu jung djúnka ジャンク 중국의 세대박이 평저선 džonka džonka jong jonk djunke dżonka junco joncă джонка džunka džunka džunka djonk เรือสำเภา; เรือเดินทะเลของจีน cönk 平底中國帆船 джонка چپٹے پیندے کی چینی کشتی thuyền mành 平底中国帆船

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junk → خُرْدة 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