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Definition of junk verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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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