Junk - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dʒʌŋk|  American pronunciation of the word junk
Brit.  |dʒʌŋk|  British pronunciation of the word junk

noun

- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up (syn: debris, detritus, dust, rubble)
- any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

verb

- dispose of (something useless or old) (syn: scrap, trash)
junk an old car

Extra examples

We decided to junk our old computer and buy a new one.

...we'll have to junk this old car...

He snatched up a large pound-cake, cut it into junks.

To produce a two-inch rope and junk it into three lengths was the work of an instant.

You should have junked the roses before they died.

This cupboard's full of junk.

You need to eat a proper meal instead of junk food.

...over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river...

...a quick incurious glance at the pile of junk mail...

...a motley of old junk stored in the attic...

His car is a pathetic piece of junk.

...that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car...

Is any of this junk usable?

...once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk...

I'd sooner go hungry than eat junk food.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: junk
he/she/it: junks
present participle: junking
past tense: junked
past participle: junked
noun
singular: junk
plural: junks
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