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junkhead

noun

Etymology

From junk + -head.

  1. derived from *d₂luuŋ✻ — “boat”
  2. derived from joṅ
  3. derived from ꦗꦺꦴꦁ
  4. derived from jong
  5. derived from جُنْك
  6. borrowed from jonk
  7. borrowed from junco
  8. formed as junkhead — “junk + -head”

Definitions

  1. A junkie, drug addict.

  2. A kind of piston engine cylinder head, where the head is formed by a dummy piston mounted…

    A kind of piston engine cylinder head, where the head is formed by a dummy piston mounted inside the top of the cylinder.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA