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{
"Jun":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the chon of North Korea":[],
"June":[],
"junior":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Korean ch\u014fn":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062134",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"Juncaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large widely distributed family of typically tufted herbs (order Liliales) resembling grasses and having a chaffy 6-parted perianth and a capsular fruit":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Juncus , type genus + -aceae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccj\u0259\u014b\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174029",
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
]
},
"Juncaginaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a family of marsh or bog herbs (order Naiadales) having leaves resembling rushes and small perfect flowers with 3 to 6 stamens and 3 to 6 carpels which separate at maturity":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Juncagin-, Juncago , type genus (from Juncus ) + -aceae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccj\u0259\u014b\u02cckaj\u0259\u02c8n\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085506",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Junker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of the Prussian landed aristocracy":[],
": something (such as an automobile) of such age and condition as to be ready for scrapping":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"I can't believe he's still driving that old junker .",
"they finally traded in their old junker for a nice new car",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair work together to repair a junker training robot to get ring-ready, while simultaneously mending their relationship. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Some of the cars are modified, many remain original and, unlike many hoards of this size, there\u2019s not a junker in the bunch. \u2014 Fox News , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Fans buy cheap junker cars and drive \u2019em to the game. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Wall Street short sellers, many of whom have long believed Elon Musk's electric car maker Telsa is a junker , got run over on Thursday, losing about $1.5 billion in one day on their bearish bets after the company reported a rare quarterly profit. \u2014 Stephen Gandel, CBS News , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Sommer fell for his first old car at age 9 when his father paid a neighbor $15 for a Ford Model T junker in about 1942. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 19 July 2019",
"Both men were spending the weekend in the back bed of their junker pickup trucks. \u2014 Jason Nark, Philly.com , 11 May 2018",
"Melin quit college and was working at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino buffet and driving a junker car to work. \u2014 Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal , 29 Mar. 2018",
"One of the biggest mysteries in the Star Wars franchise was seemingly solved in The Last Jedi, when Rey learned her parents were nothing but lowlife junkers who traded their daughter to get off the planet. \u2014 Matt Miller, Esquire , 2 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Old High German junch\u0113rro , literally, young lord":"Noun",
"junk entry 1 + -er entry 2":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yu\u0307\u014b-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"jalopy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131452",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Junkers":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Hugo 1859\u20131935 German airplane designer and builder":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u0259rs",
"\u02c8yu\u0307\u014b-k\u0259rz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203842",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"jun":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the chon of North Korea":[],
"June":[],
"junior":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Korean ch\u014fn":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193212",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"junc":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"junction":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031311",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"junco":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Junco of the family Emberizidae) of small widely distributed North American finches usually having a pink bill, ashy gray head and back, and conspicuous white lateral tail feathers":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moreover, when researchers forced a grayish sparrow called a junco (which has some of the lowest fledgling survival rates among the species studied) to stay in the nest for 13 days instead of 10, more lived to adulthood. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 20 June 2018",
"Moreover, when researchers forced a grayish sparrow called a junco (which has some of the lowest fledgling survival rates among the species studied) to stay in the nest for 13 days instead of 10, more lived to adulthood. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 20 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Spanish, reed \u2014 more at jonquil":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b-k\u014d",
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124626",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"junction":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place or point of meeting":[],
": a point (as in a thermocouple) at which dissimilar metals make contact":[],
": an act of joining : the state of being joined":[],
": an interface in a semiconductor device between regions with different electrical characteristics":[],
": an intersection of roads especially where one terminates":[],
": something that joins":[]
},
"examples":[
"a junction of nerves and muscle",
"the junction of Route 12 and Route 87",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From the parking area, the road heads north descending easily to an unsigned junction roughly 0.2 mile in. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Built in the late 1950s, the northern reaches of Highway 39 appear to be intact on most maps, apparently connecting the town of Azusa with the famed Angeles Crest Highway at a summit T- junction . \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
"To boost the efficiency further, the cell combines two different materials that absorb different areas of the spectrum in what's called a two- junction configuration. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"As the Hollywood round auditorium of wannabe finalists looked on in shock and surprise, Perry turned around to reveal a major malfunction in her Katy junction . \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Officials closed about 45 miles of Highway 70 between its junction with Highway 89 near Greenville to the Jarbo Gap in Butte County as crews rushed to clear debris like rocks and trees. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The agency said there's still work being done in the area so the Appalachian Trail Corridor from the Lead Mine State Forest to the junction of the Centennial Trail and the Mahoosuc Trail remains closed until further notice. \u2014 Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"The temporary lines carry waste around a 25-foot segment of sewer pipe that collapsed in the city of Carson, about a mile and a half south of the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and Harbor (Interstate 110) freeways. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Popasna, a nearby town now the focus of intense fighting, is also a vital rail junction . \u2014 Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 31 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin junction-, junctio , from jungere to join \u2014 more at yoke":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014bk-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"connection",
"coupling",
"join",
"joining",
"joint",
"jointure",
"juncture"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170802",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"juncture":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an instance of joining : junction":[],
": joint , connection":[],
": the manner of transition or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds in speech":[]
},
"examples":[
"Negotiations between the countries reached a critical juncture .",
"At this juncture it looks like they are going to get a divorce.",
"the juncture of two rivers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At this juncture , this cannot continue because with government spending at or above 55% of GDP, France has no fiscal space left. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Using a word like understand is fraught at this juncture . \u2014 Stephen Marche, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"The lawsuit comes at a key juncture for the project, as bike lanes are set to go up in Porter Square by the end of the summer. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"At this juncture , the narrative Wall Street wants to hear is fiscal discipline. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"There are more things unknown than known at this juncture , but Boone hopes to have a more concrete vision after the June 9 community meeting. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"While 6-26 (23.1%) from the field overall at this juncture in the series does not inspire much confidence that Green will suddenly pour in major points tonight, what Green can always be relied upon for is effort. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"And the Biden administration is taking weeks to decide whether to provide heavier weaponry that could aid Ukrainian troops at this critical juncture in the war. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"And the Biden administration is taking weeks to decide whether to provide heavier weaponry that could aid Ukrainian troops at this critical juncture in the war. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014bk-ch\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for juncture juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
"synonyms":[
"point"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112119",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jungle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a confused or disordered mass of objects : jumble":[],
": a hobo camp":[],
": a place of ruthless struggle for survival":[
"the city is a jungle where no one is safe after dark",
"\u2014 Stuart Chase"
],
": a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of vegetation":[],
": an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation":[],
": electronic dance music that combines elements of techno, reggae, and hip-hop and is marked especially by an extremely fast beat":[],
": something that baffles or frustrates by its tangled or complex character : maze":[
"the jungle of housing laws",
"\u2014 Bernard Taper"
]
},
"examples":[
"life in the corporate jungle",
"It's hard to succeed in the business world. It's a jungle out there.",
"a jungle of environmental laws",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The adventures start in the jungle and move into the sea with a stage full of shapes, colors, numbers and the characters your little one loves. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Over the next 50 years, the already dilapidated hamlet fell further into decay -- jungle -like vegetation creeping over walls and doors. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Herzog returns to the jungle in The Twilight World, his first novel. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Through 24 interactive, physically simulated levels players will visit the tropical jungle , underground mines and port towns. \u2014 Zuzana To\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 Vojtekov\u00e1, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"The Rapid\u2019s shock-absorbing midsole and airy upper held up well and dried quickly on a steep, wet four-night backpacking trip in the jungle of northern Panama. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Where it\u2019s all types of house music, all the time \u2013 in the jungle . \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
"The site was discovered in 2001 in the jungle of El Pet\u00e9n by a group of archaeologists led by William Saturno. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Another highlight is the Haab Mayan dinner, during which guests will enjoy a variety of traditional Mayan dishes cooked over an open fire in the jungle and served with a side of storytelling. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi ja\u1e45gal & Urdu jangal forest, from Sanskrit ja\u1e45gala desert region":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195221",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"junior":{
"antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"definitions":{
": a clothing size for women and girls with slight figures":[],
": a male child : son":[],
": a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the third through sixth grades in school":[],
": a person holding a lower position in a hierarchy of ranks":[],
": a person who is younger than another":[
"a man six years my junior"
],
": a student in the next-to-the-last year before graduating from an educational institution":[],
": a young person":[],
": designed for young people and especially adolescents":[],
": duplicating or suggesting on a smaller scale something typically large or powerful":[
"a junior gale"
],
": less advanced in age : younger":[
"\u2014 used chiefly to distinguish a son with the same given name as his father"
],
": lower in standing or rank":[
"junior partners"
],
": of more recent date and therefore inferior or subordinate":[
"a junior lien"
],
": of or relating to juniors or the class of juniors at an educational institution":[
"the junior prom"
],
": youthful":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She is a junior partner in the law firm.",
"junior advisers to the governor",
"Noun",
"They are my juniors in rank.",
"She's a junior at the state college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 1998 Walnut Hills grad was Mary Danner then making the state meet her junior season in the 4-x-200 relay and senior season in the 400 meters. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"The junior right-hander has been remarkable since the Super Regional against Oregon State, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out 12 in six innings of work out of the bullpen. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"For Grand Rapids Christian, junior right-hander Camden Seth took the loss on the mound, surrendering 10 hits in seven innings. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"The Vikings junior right-hander (14-2) came in with an 0.99 ERA and 213 strikeouts in only 101.1 innings. \u2014 Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
"The junior right hander allowed 6 hits, walked 1 and struck out 6. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
"The junior right-hander didn\u2019t envision nearly throwing a no-hitter, however. \u2014 Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"San Marcos clinched the series with the pitching of junior right-hander Jacob Casson (4-2), who struck out nine while going the distance in an 8-4 win. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The 6-foot-6 junior right-hander struck out 10 in 6.1 innings Wednesday during Walsh Jesuit\u2019s 6-2 win at Lake Catholic. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The junior from Richmond, Virginia, also tied with former Clemson cornerback Mario Goodrich for the league\u2019s most passes defended (12) and had the third-most pass breakups in the conference (nine) to go along with 40 tackles. \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
"The speedy junior , who set overall state finals records in steals (3) and runs scored (4) led off the third inning with a bunt single, before tying the 4A championship game record with her second steal of the game. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
"Senior Amy Jones, sophomore Micha Salvatierra, Shaw, a junior , and sophomore Michelle Cervantes combined to go 6-for-15 on Tuesday in a 5-2 victory over No. 2 Del Norte. \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Jazz Gardner, a 7-foot junior , and his brother Jai are leaving Los Altos to transfer to West Ranch. . . . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"Leo Abraham, a junior at San Diego High School, has competed before, but none has been as special as his participation in the May 20 tournament at Eucalyptus Skateboard Park in South County. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Trevor Le-Morrison, a junior at Greenfield High School, was injured in the crash May 21 on West Loomis Road near West Edgerton Avenue. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"Lily Conroy, a 17-year-old junior at Springville High School in Utah, broke up with her boyfriend and neighbor, Masao Kaanga, on Tuesday, just a day before the shooting, local police told Fox News Digital. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
"Syd Ott, Olmsted Falls: A junior at third base, Ott missed more than a week of action, but returned to hit 8-for-12 last week with seven RBI and seven steals. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, noun & adjective":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Latin, comparative of juvenis young \u2014 more at young":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u00fcn-y\u0259r",
"\u02c8j\u00fc-ny\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"minor",
"smaller",
"subordinate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173405",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"junk":{
"antonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off ",
"jettison",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various ships of Chinese waters with bluff lines, a high poop and overhanging stem, little or no keel, high pole masts, and a deep rudder":[],
": baseball pitches that break or are off-speed (such as curveballs or changeups)":[],
": clutter sense 1b":[],
": junk bond":[],
": male genitalia":[],
": old iron, glass, paper, or other waste that may be used again in some form":[],
": pieces of old cable or cordage used especially to make gaskets, mats, swabs, or oakum":[],
": secondhand, worn, or discarded articles":[],
": something of little meaning, worth, or significance":[],
": something of poor quality : trash":[],
": to get rid of as worthless : scrap":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We decided to junk our old computer and buy a new one.",
"we'll have to junk this old car"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1555, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1911, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English jonke":"Noun",
"Portuguese junco , from Javanese jo\u1e45":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for junk Verb discard , cast , shed , slough , scrap , junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless. discard old clothes cast , especially when used with off, away , or out , implies a forceful rejection or repudiation. cast off her friends shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster. shed a bad habit finally sloughed off the depression scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form. scrap all the old ways would junk our educational system",
"synonyms":[
"cheese",
"crapola",
"dreck",
"drek",
"muck",
"rubbish",
"sleaze",
"slop",
"slush",
"trash",
"tripe"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050653",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"junk DNA":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a region of DNA that usually consists of a repeating DNA sequence, does not code for protein, and has no known function":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0259\u014bk-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181007",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"junk art":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": three-dimensional art made from discarded material (such as metal, mortar, glass, or wood)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, everyone loses everything that matters, while the world fills up with junk bonds, junk mail, junk education, junk food and junk art . \u2014 Scott Bradfield, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Sharing his process is a large part of the business model for Dishaw, who upcycles discarded items to create what's called junk art . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star , 12 Dec. 2017",
"Moss, unfortunately, has become an emblem of junk art , having appeared in one of the most inept films ever made (Queen of Earth) and some of the most asinine television (Mad Men, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale). \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 27 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104443",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"junk bottle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stout bottle of thick dark-colored glass":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"junk entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
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"\u2014 Rick Broida"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cyber Promotions quickly became so hated that a dozen Internet service providers, including AOL, sued Wallace in the late 1990s, each hoping to halt his flood of junk e-mail despite the lack of antispam laws at the time. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Host shall have no liability for a winner's failure to receive notices due to winners' spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners' provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. \u2014 The Cut , 5 June 2018"
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"worrying about kids eating too much junk food",
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"Christmases were a bounty of surprises, junk food and celebration. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"No longer making it in the basket are items like sparkling water, treats, junk food and, especially lately, meat. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"The group that thought about their close friends first were much more likely to buy junk food than protective items, despite the warnings. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Heavyweights follows Gerry and a group of plus-size kids during a summer at Camp Hope, a weight loss camp where counselors turn the other cheek when campers smuggle in junk food . \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Nelly, who asked to be identified by her childhood nickname, wasn\u2019t allowed to sit on the couch or eat junk food . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food , and\u2013how to put this delicately\u2013unselective breeding. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Cookies, ice cream and other junk food will not cross my threshold. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Cerebral, a mental health company that hired Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles as its chief impact officer, published an ad where a woman was surrounded by junk food such as chips and cake. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"I can't believe he's still driving that old junker .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair work together to repair a junker training robot to get ring-ready, while simultaneously mending their relationship. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Some of the cars are modified, many remain original and, unlike many hoards of this size, there\u2019s not a junker in the bunch. \u2014 Fox News , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Fans buy cheap junker cars and drive \u2019em to the game. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Wall Street short sellers, many of whom have long believed Elon Musk's electric car maker Telsa is a junker , got run over on Thursday, losing about $1.5 billion in one day on their bearish bets after the company reported a rare quarterly profit. \u2014 Stephen Gandel, CBS News , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Sommer fell for his first old car at age 9 when his father paid a neighbor $15 for a Ford Model T junker in about 1942. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 19 July 2019",
"Both men were spending the weekend in the back bed of their junker pickup trucks. \u2014 Jason Nark, Philly.com , 11 May 2018",
"Melin quit college and was working at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino buffet and driving a junker car to work. \u2014 Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal , 29 Mar. 2018",
"One of the biggest mysteries in the Star Wars franchise was seemingly solved in The Last Jedi, when Rey learned her parents were nothing but lowlife junkers who traded their daughter to get off the planet. \u2014 Matt Miller, Esquire , 2 Jan. 2018"
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"a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Cumberbatch tells The Hollywood Reporter at the press junket for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"There's no irony in junket , though it's taken an interesting route from its origins. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Last year at the Shang-Chi junket , Simu Liu sang a cappella for me. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In a recent conversation with THR at Moon Knight\u2018s virtual junket , Isaac also discusses the English actor who inspired his portrayal of Steven, who was originally conceived as an American expat in London. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
"When Faces dissolved, Daniels joined Wood as a guest during the guitarist\u2019s first tour with The Rolling Stones \u2014 a 1975 junket captured by the band\u2019s tour photographer, Annie Leibovitz. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Recently, the show's stars spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about the exciting return at the Law & Order press junket . \u2014 Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Getting Coffee work a related lane of shaking celebrities out of media- junket doldrums. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s a camera pointed at him and a boom mic overhead as the Slave Play sensation does a quick set of junket -style interviews before doors close to Mark Taper Forum for a special opening night presentation on Wednesday. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Spielberg, who is by far the film\u2019s biggest star, also limited his press presence almost exclusively to junket interviews. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 13 Dec. 2021"
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"\u2014 Maura Judkis"
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"heroin junkies wasting their lives",
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"Tamaris is a pilates junkie and enjoys cultivating the Metaverse, making hearts melt with her voice, and is working on taking the modeling world by storm. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Lily Sado Caffeine Eye Cream Are you a java junkie on the lookout for the next great thing",
"Cronin, a defensive junkie who said the desire to press has always resided in his DNA, now has the roster to realize his ambitions. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The fine poet and renowned sports junkie T.S. Eliot wrote that. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Criss affects a touching dullness as a junkie with no likely path out of bottom feeding, and Fishburne, in the play\u2019s most challenging role, gives the production a glimpse of the better man Donny could be. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In Pattinson\u2019s touching but underrealized performance, this Bruce Wayne is a little boy lost, a rage junkie and ultimately a chaotic force for good, trying to discover things about himself that the audience has long since figured out. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"After joining the Knights last fall, Taylor scored 3 goals and notched 9 assists in the 16 games, becoming a leader in the locker room, a film junkie for game prep and an overall standout player. \u2014 Austin David, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Who the hell becomes a junkie in, like, their late 50s"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1555, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1911, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u2014 Maura Judkis"
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"\u2014 David Foster Wallace",
"\u2026 it's engagingly junky entertainment, with a healthy sense of its own ludicrousness.",
"\u2014 Owen Gleiberman",
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"\u2014 David L'Heureux"
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Nicole Anzia, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Nicole Anzia, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Nicole Anzia, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Nicole Anzia, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Nicole Anzia, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, aim to open your mail every day and immediately recycle envelopes and junk mail . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Relocate those that arrived via snail mail, then check your email and junk mail \u2014many companies send paperless tax forms these days. \u2014 Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Advertising or junk mail now accounts for 62 percent of household mail volume aside from packages, and the second-largest type of mail is bills and other business statements. \u2014 Chris Edwards, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The performance starkly contrasts a 1.3 per cent gain for debt rated double B, the highest quality segment of the junk bond market. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 1 July 2022",
"Following the invasion, Fitch downgraded Ukraine\u2019s debt rating to CCC, which places it deep in junk bond territory and among some of the least creditworthy issuers around. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Milken, whose junk bond empire helped fuel the go-go 1980s, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in 1990 and served two years in prison before remaking his image as a prominent philanthropist. \u2014 Chase Peterson-withorn, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Thursday\u2019s credit hike from Moody\u2019s comes after the ratings agency last year elevated the state\u2019s credit to two notches above junk bond status from one, the first upgrade for Illinois since Republican George Ryan was governor. \u2014 Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Of the three major ratings agencies, Fitch is the only one that has yet to upgrade the state\u2019s credit from one notch above junk bond status. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Yields in the junk bond market have begun to creep higher. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The junk bond market\u2019s schedule of bond maturity dates. \u2014 Ivan Ill\u00e1n, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"At least three developers defaulted on their dollar debt this month as junk bond yields surged to a decade-high. \u2014 Time , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Klusmann\u2019s own story began as a girl growing up in Southeast Washington, tagging along with her junior high school -age older brother when he and his friends were dropped at a rink in Forestville, Md. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Shabazz was introduced by a junior high school friend to one of the Jolly Stompers. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"When the news broke that Schulte was a suspect in the Vault 7 leak, Chrissy Covington, a d.j. and a radio personality in Lubbock who had attended junior high school with him, took to Facebook to express her surprise. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"The local\u2019s Equity Through Design Mentorship program has its members mentor college, high school and junior high school kids to educate them about opportunities in this field. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Griffith got on the radar of many colleges as a junior high school player at Oyler Middle School. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 1 May 2022",
"Friday\u2019s walkout is the first at a junior high school after students protested at East and West high schools, and more high schools have similar plans. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"By then, a junior high school had been built for grades 6, 7 and 8 and Parkview became, formally, the high school. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Just a few years before, Rindy and Marv had been teaching fifth grade and junior high school , respectively, in rural Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"Biologist Charles Darwin first proposed that chickens may have descended from the red jungle fowl because of their similar appearances, per Science. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
"Chickens may be the most populous bird on the planet while their ancestor, the red jungle fowl , persists only in a few limited habitats. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
"But many wondered how red jungle fowl \u2014known to be chickens' wild ancestors\u2014could suddenly appear more than 1,000 miles from their native range in Southeast Asia. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 26 May 2020",
"Based on genetic studies, the chicken is thought to have been domesticated from a descendant of three or four species of jungle fowl (Gallus) from Southeast and South Asia. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Most researchers believe that Gallus gallus, the red jungle fowl , was first domesticated in East or Southeast Asia. \u2014 Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine , 7 Sep. 2017",
"The first chickens, Asian jungle fowl , were domesticated some 6,000 years ago. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 15 May 2017"
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"Instead of accepting one of a few FCS offers, Cox played a season of junior college in 2020 before joining Alabama as a walk-on in 2021. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Cantrell grew up in Monroe County, a quiet pocket in the northeastern corner of Mississippi, and played football in junior college . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"While sidelined, Treinen went home to Walla Walla, Wash., where his wife, Kati, a junior college basketball coach, gave birth to a daughter. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"All of that was appealing to Ellis, a freewheeling guard whose decision-making in his first season out of junior college sometimes was suspect but whose skill in the open floor is undeniable. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Famer who won two national titles in Division II junior college brings a title to Big Rapids after the team's second appearance in the D-II final in four years. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Eaton was spotted by a junior college assistant basketball coach in Orange County, California, working as an auto mechanic at the Marc C. Bloome Tire Store. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 May 2021",
"Anyone taken after the 10th round who does not sign by the signing deadline can go to junior college to play another year and remain connected to the team that drafted them, eligible to sign before the following draft. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Especially if it's been more than a few years since your schoolyard days on the jungle gym , the simple pulling exercise can be particularly tough to do properly. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"In addition to the Fioptics viewing area in left field, there is now a right field family zone, complete with playground, jungle gym and batting cages. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022",
"In a park beside the sky-blue cathedral of St. Michael\u2019s Golden-Domed Monastery, in central Kyiv, a few young children clambered over a jungle gym and rocked on a seesaw. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"The Shultis rural home on Fawn Road sits on a sprawling lot with a sandbox and a miniature metal bench, a jungle gym and a swing set. \u2014 Cindy Schultz For Cnn, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Completed this fall was the renovation of Clifton Prado pocket park, which boasts a brand-new jungle gym , two-person swing, ADA accessible picnic table and environmentally friendly woodchips. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"That fact disappointed a family of women and children, including a baby, from Michoac\u00e1n who slept under a jungle gym on a small playground near the tent camp. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Housed in the Primate Place between the gibbons and the colobus monkeys, the clouded leopards are easy to miss among the jungle gym of logs and wooden platforms that make up their habitat. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The design includes 14 regular classrooms and two specialty classrooms, an indoor playground, jungle gym , social hall, a children\u2019s library and a library for adults, which will double over as a synagogue. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"My villa is one of just 16, all roughly similar in layout and size, dotting the jungled hillside the resort is perched on. \u2014 Chris Schalkx, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Now two-foot-tall statues of the saints, nestled in an ancient tree at the end of a jungled foot trail, gaze over a wild Puerto Rican river. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 27 May 2020",
"Robin Naiding, the mild-mannered gaonbura, or headman, of Baga Dima, a village in the jungled hills northeastern India, isn\u2019t sure why much of humanity enjoys imbibing drinks through a small plastic tube. \u2014 National Geographic , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Attempts to break up that jungled fortress with the construction of a trans-Papua highway have become a new flashpoint in the conflict. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 June 2019",
"Because cold weather always comes in the company of far-flung frames, model Constance Jablonski shared a bit of beach-y blonde all the way from Jordan's Dead Sea, while Melodie Monrose's bikini body was right at home on a jungled river raft. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 18 Nov. 2018",
"His village was small, nestled in the jungled mountains south of the capital. \u2014 Francisco Cant\u00fa, GQ , 30 Jan. 2018",
"A plaid quilt of rice paddies is squeezed between the water and jungled mountains. \u2014 Doug Clark, New York Times , 28 May 2017"
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"Buchanan, who played junior varsity for the Bronchos as a sophomore before transferring to a school in Wichita, Kan., as a junior, knew the deck was stacked against him making the team. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
"Out went the varsity and in went the junior varsity for Mariemont with the running clock. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 27 May 2022",
"Kenyon Holden didn\u2019t even play varsity football for Sanford Seminole this past season, instead spending his freshman year on junior varsity . \u2014 Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Spending much of the season on junior varsity , Whitehead quickly settled down after the second, throwing three consecutive scoreless innings. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
"Three starters, including junior Angelina Roehl, played junior varsity in 2021. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Eugene played junior varsity football in the eighth grade and joined the varsity as a sophomore in 2018. \u2014 Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com , 20 Sep. 2020",
"And one program, Phoenix Brophy Prep, has grown into a giant with more than 100 players combining varsity and two junior varsity teams, finding competition outside of the state. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"As a student at Atholton High School in Columbia, Justin Jaquis served as a manager for the varsity baseball team, setting up a League of Dreams event for Howard County residents where players from the junior varsity and varsity teams volunteered. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021"
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