Junk may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Junk'' (film), a 2000 Japanese horror film * '' J-U-N-K'', a 1920 American film * ''Junk'' (novel), by Melvin Burgess, 1996 * ''Junk'', a novel by

Christopher Largen Christopher Jon Largen (June 18, 1969 – December 22, 2012) was a United States award-winning journalist, novelist, social satirist, public speaker and filmmaker, known for his iconoclastic writings on health and public policy, and h ...

Music

Groups

Junk (band) Junk is a British pop rock band. Their song "Life Is Good," first recorded in the U.S. when they were called Ritalin, has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, such as ''Agent Cody Banks,'' ''The Benchwarmers'', '' A Modern Twain Story: The Pri ...

, a British pop band

Albums

* ''Junk'', by Ferry Corsten, 2006 * ''Junk'', by

Jejune Jejune was an American rock band formed in 1996 at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. The band has been commonly identified with the emo genre, and was heavily involved with the scene at the peak of the "second wave" of emo in the ...

, 1997 * ''Junk'', by

, 1995 * ''Junk'' (M83 album), 2016

Songs

* "Junk" (song), written by Paul McCartney in 1970 * "Junk", song from Zico Chain's ''Food'' album

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* '' Junk: Record of the Last Hero'', a shōnen manga series by Kia Asamiya * '' Junk: The Golden Age of Debt'', a play by Ayad Akhtar

Finance

* Junk bond * Junk status, a debt credit rating

People

Bruno Junk Bruno Junk (27 September 1929 – 22 September 1995) was an Estonian race walker. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won bronze medals on both occasions. He set a world record in the 15 km in 1951 (1:08:08.0 ...

(1929–1995), Estonian race walker, two-time Olympic bronze medal winner * Janson Junk (born 1996), American baseball pitcher * Sebastian Junk (born 1983), German Paralympic judoka * Wilhelm Junk (1866–1942), Czech-born antiquarian bookseller and entomologist

Places

Junk Bay Junk Bay known in Chinese as "Tseung Kwan O" (; also transliterated as "Cheung Kwan O") is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village. The Tseung Kwan O New Town, one ...

, Hong Kong *

Fat Tong Chau Fat Tong Chau (), also known as Junk Island in English, is a former island of Hong Kong. It is now part of Tseung Kwan O (also called Junk Bay) and Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation. It is located in the south ...

, Junk Island in English, a former island of Hong Kong * Pulau Jong or Junk Island, off the coast of Singapore * Junk, an islet near Hoy, Shetland, Scotland

Slang

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* Human male sex organ *

Off-speed pitch In baseball, an off-speed pitch is a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball. Breaking balls and changeups are the two most common types of off-speed pitches. Very slow pitches which require the batter to provide most of the power on cont ...

, in baseball, also called junk *

Salt-cured meat Salt-cured meat or salted meat is meat or fish preserved or cured with salt. Salting, either with dry salt or brine, was a common method of preserving meat until the middle of the 20th century, becoming less popular after the advent of refri ...

, frequently called junk

Other uses

Junk (ship) A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...

, a type of Chinese sailing vessel * Junk, sperm whale equivalent of the melon (cetacean) * Junk data, any file or byte of

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that does not serve any real purpose other than wasting space