variants
or less commonly junky
plural junkies
1
a
disparaging + offensive
: a person who is addicted to narcotics and especially to heroin
b
: a person who gets an unusual amount of pleasure from or has an unusual amount of interest in something
a television news junkie
Adrenaline junkies weren't the only ones who marveled as Austrian daredevil Baumgartner broke the world record for the highest and fastest skydive …—
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: a junk dealer
Examples of junkie in a Sentence
heroin junkies wasting their lives
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Start flocking to Meridian, chicken finger junkies.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The Browns are adrenaline junkies who thrive on car crashes.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
First, the story is not as overreported as, say, the exploits of Gacy or the Son of Sam, and a lot of true-crime junkies may not even know the details.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The decision the Hornets made to photograph Knueppel, Ball and the high-scoring Brandon Miller together Monday was latched onto by a number of Hornets junkies as evidence that Charlotte has a big role in mind for him.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The Browns are adrenaline junkies who thrive on car crashes.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
First, the story is not as overreported as, say, the exploits of Gacy or the Son of Sam, and a lot of true-crime junkies may not even know the details.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The decision the Hornets made to photograph Knueppel, Ball and the high-scoring Brandon Miller together Monday was latched onto by a number of Hornets junkies as evidence that Charlotte has a big role in mind for him.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Junkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junkie. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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junkie
noun
junk·ie
variants
also junky
plural junkies
1
: a person who sells or is addicted to narcotics
2
: a person who gets an unusual amount of pleasure from or is dependent on something
a sugar junkie
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