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

Music

  • Junk (band), a British pop band
  • Junk (nightclub), in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Albums

  • Junk, by Ferry Corsten, 2006
  • Junk, by Jejune, 1997
  • Junk, by Junk (band), 1995
  • Junk (M83 album), 2016

Songs

  • "Junk" (song), released by Paul McCartney in 1970
  • "Junk", song from Bronski Beat's album The Age of Consent (album)
  • "Junk", song from Zico Chain's album Food (Zico Chain album)

Finance

  • Junk bond
  • Junk status, a debt credit rating

Food and consumables

  • slang for the controlled or illegal psychoactive and recreational drug heroin (diacetylmorphine)
  • Junk food, low nutritional quality food types
  • Salt-cured meat, frequently called junk

People

  • Bruno Junk (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
  • Sophia Junk (born 1999), German sprinter
  • Wilhelm Junk (1866–1942), Czech-born antiquarian bookseller and entomologist

Places

  • Junk Bay, Hong Kong
  • Fat Tong Chau, 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

  • Rubbish (disambiguation)
  • Waste
  • Garbage
  • Junk shop items, antique goods for retail sale or trade
  • Junkyard scrap, used automobile and machine parts for sale or trade
  • Human male sex organ
  • Off-speed pitch, in baseball, also called junk

Other uses

  • Junk (ship), a type of Chinese sailing vessel
  • Junk, a sperm whale equivalent of the melon (cetacean)
  • Junk data, any type of dummy data that serves the purpose to fill space on a storage medium
  • Junk DNA, generic material that does not code for any proteins

See also

  • Junk mail (disambiguation)