What does JUNK mean?
Definitions for JUNK
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Princeton's WordNet
debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
junkverb
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
trash, junk, scrapverb
dispose of (something useless or old)
"trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
GCIDE
Junknoun
Hence: Something worthless, or only worth its value as recyclable scrap.
Wikipedia
Junk
Junk is a song written by English musician Paul McCartney and released on his debut studio album McCartney (1970). He wrote the song in 1968 with the Beatles while the group were studying Transcendental Meditation in India. After the band's return from India, he recorded the song as a demo at Kinfauns, George Harrison's home, before sessions for The Beatles (also known as "the White Album") took place. It was ultimately passed over for inclusion on The Beatles and Abbey Road in 1969. After the group's break-up, McCartney recorded the song for inclusion on McCartney. The lyrics describe various items in a junkyard. A slightly longer, instrumental version of the song, titled "Singalong Junk", also appears on the album.
ChatGPT
junk
Junk refers to old or discarded items that are considered useless or of little value. It can also refer to a type of unhealthy food that is quick to prepare and consume, but has low nutritional value. In the financial sector, it refers to high-risk bonds with low credit ratings. In terms of a junk boat, it's a type of Chinese sailing ship. Junk can also refer to a type of mail typically categorized as unwanted or unsolicited advertising.
Webster Dictionary
Junknoun
a fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk
Junknoun
pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships
Junknoun
old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers
Junknoun
hard salted beef supplied to ships
Junknoun
a large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters
Etymology: [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. & Malay jong, ajong, Chin. chwan.]
Wikidata
Junk
A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel/ship design still in use today. Junks may have developed from very early bamboo rafts which had a high stern. Cromagnon cave paintings on the Indo China coast show junk shaped doublehull vessels. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty and were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages. They were found, and in lesser numbers are still found, throughout South-East Asia and India, but primarily in China, perhaps most famously in Hong Kong. Found more broadly today is a growing number of modern recreational junk-rigged sailboats. The term junk may be used to cover many kinds of boat—ocean-going, cargo-carrying, pleasure boats, live-aboards. They vary greatly in size and there are significant regional variations in the type of rig. To Western eyes, however, they all appear to resemble one another due to their most significant shared feature, their fully battened sails.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Junk
jungk, n. a Chinese vessel, with high forecastle and poop, sometimes large and three-masted. [Port. junco—Chinese chw‛an, a boat.]
Junk
jungk, n. pieces of old cordage, used for making mats, &c., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for the seams of ships: salt meat supplied to vessels for long voyages, so called because it becomes as hard as old rope.—ns. Junk′-deal′er, Junk′man, a dealer in junk; Junk′-ring, a metal ring confining a fibrous piston-packing; Junk′-shop, a place where junk is bought and sold. [L. juncus, a rush.]
Junk
jungk, n. a thick piece, chunk. [Chunk.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Junk
a Chinese boat with a flat bottom, a square prow, a high stern, and a pole for mast.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
junk
The Chinese junk is the largest vessel built by that nation, and at one period exceeding in tonnage any war-vessels then possessed by England. The extreme beam is one-third from the stern; it shows no stem, it being chamfered off. The bow on deck is square, over which the anchors slide fore and aft. Having no keel, and being very full at the stern, a huge rudder is suspended, which at sea is lowered below the depth of the bottom. The masts are immense, in one piece. The cane sails are lug and heavy. The hull is divided into water-tight compartments, like tanks.--Junk is also any remnants or pieces of old cable, or condemned rope, cut into small portions for the purpose of making points, mats, swabs, gaskets, sinnet, oakum, and the like (which see). Also, a dense cellular tissue in the head of the sperm-whale, infiltrated with spermaceti. Also, salt beef, as tough to the teeth as bits of rope, whence the epithet.
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Etymology and Origins
Junk
A seaman’s term for rope ends and also the salt beef served out on board ship. The word is derived from the Latin Juncus, a bulrush, out of which ropes were anciently made. In the second sense of the term the toughness of the meat is sarcastically implied.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
JUNK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Junk is ranked #22856 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Junk surname appeared 1,120 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Junk.
95.6% or 1,071 total occurrences were White.
1.6% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.2% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of JUNK in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of JUNK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of JUNK in a Sentence
The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose ... to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
The ramifications to the South African rating are significant ... given our government's insistence on backing them by underwriting their funding requirements, eskom as junk is but a.
The CDC's use of surveys to undermine the harm reduction and smoking cessation viability of e-cigarettes is junk science.
It's a piece of junk, they don't work. There's no science behind them.
‘I’d like to cut down on junk food a little bit,’ is a goal more likely to be accomplished than ‘I’ll completely revamp my lifestyle,’ which is the kind of goal we set as a New Year’s resolutions.
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- haraburdíCzech
- bras, kassere, smide ud, affald, junke, ragelseDanish
- Eier, Krempel, Kleinkruscht, Abfall, Klöten, Ramsch, Kram, Nüsse, Müll, Dschunke, StoffGerman
- ναρκωτικό, πρέζα, σκουπίδιαGreek
- ĵonkoEsperanto
- tiliche, basura, junco, chunche, calache, trasto, chéchere, cachureo, cachivache, corotoSpanish
- praht, prügi, jäätmedEstonian
- roska, kama, roina, jäte, romu, džonkki, romuttaaFinnish
- ordure, jonque, déchetsFrench
- kacat, lom, dzsunkaHungarian
- drasl, júnka, rusl, djúnkaIcelandic
- coglioni, immondizia, cianfrusaglie, spazzatura, ciarpame, pattume, rottamare, rifiuti, paccottaglia, robacciaItalian
- ნაგავიGeorgian
- grabasti, krāmiLatvian
- paraureheMāori
- jong, ajungMalay
- afval, rommel, jonk, dumpen, wegwerpen, spul, wegsmijten, gerief, weggooien, brol, rotzooiDutch
- skrotNorwegian
- inchxǫ́ʼį́, biná'adaałtsózí bitsin naa'eełNavajo, Navaho
- śmieciPolish
- porcaria, lixo, juncoPortuguese
- рухлядь, барахло, скрап, мусор, хлам, джонка, мудеRussian
- отпад, олупина, џунка, џонка, olupina, džunka, otpad, džonkaSerbo-Croatian
- skräp, djonkSwedish
- gheVietnamese
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