Junk word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "junk" word
[noun] any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
[noun] the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
[verb] dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
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\Junk\, n. [Pg. junco junk, rush, L. juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. {Junket}.] 1. 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. 2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers. 3. (Naut.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships. {Junk bottle}, a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored glass. {Junk dealer}, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. {Junk hook} (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. {Junk ring}.
(a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine.
(b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place;
(c) A follower. {Junk shop}, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale. {Junk vat} (Leather Manuf.), a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is pumped. {Junk wad} (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.
\Junk\, n. [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. & Malay jong, ajong, Chin. chwan.] (Naut.) 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.
Synonyms for junk
debris, detritus, diacetylmorphine, dust, H, heroin, horse, rubble, scag, scrap, shit, smack, trash
See also: boat | cast aside | cast away | cast out | chuck out | discard | dispose | fling | hard drug | lug | lugsail | put away | rubbish | throw away | throw out | toss | toss away | toss out | trash |
Related terms: amobarbital sodium, bilander, blue devil, brigantine, cast out, cheat, corsair, four-masted bark, goofball, kelter, kick out, lagan, lugger, methadone, no-account, offal, phenobarbital sodium, piragua, pirogue, riffraff, rip-off, sharpie, skipjack, sleep-inducer, soothing syrup, superannuate, throw away, tranquilizer, truck, waif
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Let's analyse "junk" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KNUJ. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
junk: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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