[juhng-ker] 
| a car that is old, worn out, or in bad enough repair to be scrapped. |
[yoo
ng-ker] | 1. | a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, esp. in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers. |
| 2. | a young German, esp. Prussian, nobleman. |
| 3. | a German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing. |
[juhngk] | 1. | any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags. |
| 2. | anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash. |
| 3. | old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc. |
| 4. | Nautical Slang. salt junk. |
| 5. | Baseball Slang. relatively slow, unorthodox pitches that are deceptive to the batter in movement or pace, as knuckleballs or forkballs. |
| 6. | to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap. |
| 7. | cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy. |
| junker (jŭng'kər) n. Slang A car or truck that is old and in poor repair. |
| Jun·ker (yŏŏng'kər) n. A member of the Prussian landed aristocracy, a class formerly associated with political reaction and militarism. [German, from Middle High German junchērre, page, squire, from Old High German junchērro : junc, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots + hērro, lord; see Herr.] Jun'ker·dom n. |