Junk may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Junk'' (film), a 2000 Japanese horror film * ''

J-U-N-K ''J-U-N-K'' is a 1920 American film produced by Morris R. Schlank. Cast * Madge Kirby as A society bud *Jim Welch as Her father * John J. Richardson as A Count *Vernon Dent as The junk dealer *Hank Mann Hank Mann (born David William Lie ...

'', 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), a British pop band

Albums

* ''Junk'', by Ferry Corsten, 2006 * ''Junk'', by Jejune, 1997 * ''Junk'', by Junk (band), 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

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People

* Bruno Junk (1929–1995), Estonian race walker, two-time Olympic bronze medal winner * Janson Junk (born 1996), American baseball pitcher *

Sebastian Junk Sebastian Junk (born 29 November 1983) is a German Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He has participated at five Paralympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athl ...

(born 1983), German Paralympic judoka *

Wilhelm Junk Wilhelm Junk (3 February 1866, Prague – 3 December 1942, The Hague) was a noted Czech antiquarian bookseller in the field of natural history, and an entomologist. Wilhelm Junk established his book dealership "Antiquariaat Junk", in 1899 in B ...

(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 sout ...

, Junk Island in English, a former island of Hong Kong *

Pulau Jong Pulau Jong or Junk Island is a conical island about off the southern coast of Singapore. The small island lies north of Pulau Sebarok and the former Pulau Sakeng (now merged with Pulau Semakau). The island is uninhabited, undeveloped, and larg ...

or Junk Island, off the coast of Singapore * Junk, an islet near

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, Scotland

Slang

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* Human male

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* Off-speed pitch, in baseball, also called junk *

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, frequently called junk

Other uses

* Junk (ship), a type of Chinese sailing vessel * Junk, sperm whale equivalent of the

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* Junk data, any file or byte of data that does not serve any real purpose other than wasting space