junk
verb/dʒʌŋk/
/dʒʌŋk/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they junk | /dʒʌŋk/ /dʒʌŋk/ |
| he / she / it junks | /dʒʌŋks/ /dʒʌŋks/ |
| past simple junked | /dʒʌŋkt/ /dʒʌŋkt/ |
| past participle junked | /dʒʌŋkt/ /dʒʌŋkt/ |
| -ing form junking | /ˈdʒʌŋkɪŋ/ /ˈdʒʌŋkɪŋ/ |
- junk something to get rid of something because it is no longer valuable or useful
- All their old computers had been junked.
- His proposals were junked before they were even considered.
Word Originverb late Middle English (denoting an old or inferior rope): of unknown origin. The current senses date from the mid 19th cent.
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