drug·gie
less common spelling of druggy
: associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use
They pass around a joint and exchange druggy mumbles. Another night to get bored, get stoned.—
Richard Corliss
Richard CorlissCombining the revelry of disco and the disorientation of psychedelia, rave music tends to be brazenly druggy, in both its sound and its lyrical allusions.—Simon Reynolds
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Examples of druggie in a Sentence
Noun
an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row
Recent Examples on the WebMichael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic—all of the rest of the stuff—I’m not ashamed of it.
—Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
The Factory was a porous, chaotic arena for scene-making, drawing in exhibitionists, druggies, socialites, rock stars, movie stars, Ivy Leaguers and, most critically, journalists.
—Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020
Blake Lively stars as a druggie prostitute whose family was lost in a plane crash.
—Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 8 Feb. 2020
With the murder finally solved — Emmett was killed during a grocery store hold-up by a druggie robber — Bassett says a huge weight will be lifted off of her character’s shoulders and her heart.
—Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019
Burroughs’ connection with Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol.
—Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2019
Burroughs’s connection with Patti Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol.
—Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
She’s interrupted by the arrival of two hard-core druggie brothers who proceed to cook up an appalling batch of low-rent meth.
—Jean Thompson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
Noun
The ickiness increases upon the arrival of Norma’s troubled, much younger grandniece, Maya (Quintessa Swindell), a druggie with intelligence and promise whom Norma has persuaded Narvel to take on as an apprentice.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic—all of the rest of the stuff—I’m not ashamed of it.
—Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
The Factory was a porous, chaotic arena for scene-making, drawing in exhibitionists, druggies, socialites, rock stars, movie stars, Ivy Leaguers and, most critically, journalists.
—Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020
Blake Lively stars as a druggie prostitute whose family was lost in a plane crash.
—Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 8 Feb. 2020
With the murder finally solved — Emmett was killed during a grocery store hold-up by a druggie robber — Bassett says a huge weight will be lifted off of her character’s shoulders and her heart.
—Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019
Burroughs’ connection with Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol.
—Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2019
Burroughs’s connection with Patti Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol.
—Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
She’s interrupted by the arrival of two hard-core druggie brothers who proceed to cook up an appalling batch of low-rent meth.
—Jean Thompson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
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“Druggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/druggie. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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