junk
English
/dʒʌŋk/
noun
Definitions
- Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
- A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
- (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
- (slang) The genitalia.
- (nautical) Salt beef.
- Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
- (dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
- (attributive) Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English junke (old cable, rope) derived from Old French jonc (rush) derived from Latin iuncus (rush, reed, a rush).
Origin
Latin
iuncus
Gloss
rush, reed, a rush
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Junkspace English
- antijunk English
- ball English
- box English
- chart English
- chartjunk English
- cyberjunk English
- cyberjunkie English
- dejunk English
- dejunker English
- heap English
- junco English
- junkaholic English
- junkball English
- junkballer English
- junkballing English
- junkbox English
- junkhead English
- junkheap English
- junkie English
- junkiedom English
- junkiehood English
- junkieness English
- junkily English
- junkiness English
- junkless English
- junklike English
- junkman English
- junkpile English
- junkroom English
- junkscape English
- junkshop English
- junkspace English
- junkware English
- junky English
- junkyard English
- man English
- nonjunk English
- pile English
- room English
- shop English
- space English
- technojunkie English
- yard English
- iuncetum Latin
- iunceus Latin
- iuncus Latin
- Junkie German
- enjuncar Spanish, Castilian
- junco Spanish, Castilian
- yonqui Spanish, Castilian
- *yoy-ni- Proto-Indo-European
- djunke Norwegian Bokmål
- junco Portuguese
- djunke Norwegian Nynorsk
- junke Middle English
- jonc Old French
- junko Esperanto
- džonka Serbo-Croatian
- džunka Serbo-Croatian
- *joinikos Proto-Italic
- djong Javanese
- man
- box
- shop
- ball
- heap
- yard
- room
- pile
- space
- junco
- junky
- chart
- junkie
- dejunk
- junkily
- junkman
- junkbox
- nonjunk
- junkshop
- antijunk
- junkware
- junkball
- junkhead
- junkroom
- junkyard
- dejunker
- junklike
- junkless
- junkpile
- junkheap
- junkiedom
- Junkspace
- cyberjunk
- chartjunk
- junkscape
- junkiness
- junkspace
- junkieness
- junkiehood
- junkaholic
- junkballer
- cyberjunkie
- junkballing
- technojunkie