junkie
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junk·ie

noun \ˈjəŋ-kē\
plural junk·ies

Definition of JUNKIE

1
a : a narcotics peddler or addict
b : a person who gets an unusual amount of pleasure from or has an unusual amount of interest in something <television news junkie>
2
: a junk dealer

Variants of JUNKIE

junk·ie also junky \ˈjəŋ-kē\

Examples of JUNKIE

  1. <heroin junkies wasting their lives>

First Known Use of JUNKIE

1923

Related to JUNKIE

Synonyms
addict, dopehead, druggie (also druggy), fiend, freak [slang], head, hophead [slang], hype [slang], doper (also junky), stoner, user
Antonyms
nonaddict, nonuser

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