druggie

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noun drug·gie \ ˈdrə-gē \

variants: or less commonly druggy

Definition of druggie

plural druggies

:a person who habitually uses drugs

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Examples of druggie in a Sentence

an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row

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The place is a hangout for hookers and druggies, but also a last resort when there’s nowhere to run from the chaos outside.

— Detroit Free Press, "‘Detroit’: What other film critics are saying," 27 July 2017
Elected officials from the president on down feared that the youths of America were skidding anarchically toward a druggie cliff.

— clyde haberman, New York Times, "LSD-Like Drugs Are Out of the Haze and Back in the Labs," 15 May 2016
As had been widely chronicled, Mr. Bowie left America for Berlin, partly to flee his druggie lifestyle.

— steven kurutz, New York Times, "David Bowie: Invisible New Yorker," 16 Jan. 2016

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First Known Use of druggie

1966

druggie Synonyms

Synonyms

addict, dopehead, doper (also druggy), fiend, freak [slang], head, hophead [slang], hype [slang], junkie (also junky), stoner, user

Antonyms

nonaddict, nonuser

Related Words

acidhead, cokehead, crackhead, pothead, speed freak; burnout

DRUGGIE Defined for English Language Learners

druggie

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Definition of druggie for English Language Learners

: a person who often uses illegal drugs

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druggie

noun drug·gie

variants: also druggy play \ˈdrəg-ē\

medical Definition of druggie

plural druggies

:a person who habitually uses drugs

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