junt
/ˈd͡ʒʌnt/noun
junt is a noun meaning “Thing, item” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-U-N-T, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of junt is junts.
What does junt mean?
noun
- 1
ScotlandobsoleteA fair-sized piece or amount; a chunk (of anything, especially meat or other food).
- 2
slangThing, item.
- 3
A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
Pass that junt, pass that junt nigga!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce junt?
- /ˈd͡ʒʌnt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of junt
- junts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is junt?
Junt appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does junt come from?
Apparently a figurative extension of Early Scots junt (“joint”), Middle English joynt, junte (“joint (of the body, where the bones meet)”), perhaps influenced by junk. Compare jawn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).