junk

a seagoing ship with a traditional Chinese design and used primarily in Chinese waters, having square sails spread by battens, a high stern, and usually a flat bottom.

Origin:
1545–55; < Portuguese junco a kind of sailing vessel < Malay jong, said to be < dialectal Chinese (Xiamen) chûn; compare Guangdong dial. syùhn, Chinese chuán

noun Slang.

narcotics, especially heroin.

the external genitals: I kicked him in the junk.

Origin:
1920–25; perhaps special use of junk¹

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junk¹ (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
4.	informal (tr) to discard as junk; scrap

[C15 jonke old useless rope]

junk² (dʒʌŋk)

—n
	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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Word Origin & History

junk

"worthless stuff," 1338, junke "old cable or rope" (nautical), of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.Fr. junc "rush," from L. juncus "rush, reed." Nautical use extended to "old refuse from boats and ships" (1842), then to "old or discarded articles of any kind" (1884). The verb meaning "to throw away as

trash, to scrap" is from 1916. Junkie "drug addict" is attested from 1923, but junk for "narcotic" is said to be older. Junk food is from 1973; junk art is from 1966; junk mail first attested 1954.

junk

"Chinese sailing ship," 1613, from Port. junco, from Malay jong "ship, large boat" (13c.), probably from Javanese djong.

Slang Dictionary

junk definition

n.
herion; drugs. : Is Sam still on junk? It will kill him.
n.
a Caucasian. (Rude and derogatory.) : Those cops are junk and they hate my guts.
n.
and the junk.. the genitals. (See also jonx.) : Stop itching your junk, you freak.
n.
possessions. : I'll be ready to go as soon as I get my junk together.

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Example sentences

The rest of us have to make do with a memory shed, or a mildewed memory

cupboard filled with memory junk.

Most also fall to the surface in a relatively short time, which means they do

not add to orbiting space junk.

Out of the tons of junk that is up there, it seems to always be something that

has been in the news lately.

The food they do get is overprocessed junk, which will in time make them sick.

binge dreck dust empty calorie garbage grub

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