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junk

Best crossword clue

"Worthless stuff"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒʌŋk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted jknuStarts with JEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. dispose of (something useless or old)

Word origin

From Portuguese junco with reinforcement from Dutch jonk, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, جوڠ, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of djong.

Used in a sentence

  • This shed is full of junk – will you help me sort it out?
  • She needs to find a better place to keep her junk [= belongings].
  • What a piece of junk!

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