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
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heroin junkies wasting their lives
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The writer-director is more than a murder-mystery junkie.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023
Kingsbury is a football junkie who’s going to walk away with great on-the-job experience and reportedly about $30 million after getting sacked with several years left on his contract.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
Not everyone is a political junkie, or has watched the ideological perceptions of people change over time, but this was really bizarre for me.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2013
Those who haven’t pulled the trigger on a gift for the outdoors junkie on their hit list had better get to it.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
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A.a. Dowd, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023
Kingsbury is a football junkie who’s going to walk away with great on-the-job experience and reportedly about $30 million after getting sacked with several years left on his contract.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
Not everyone is a political junkie, or has watched the ideological perceptions of people change over time, but this was really bizarre for me.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2013
Those who haven’t pulled the trigger on a gift for the outdoors junkie on their hit list had better get to it.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
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“Junkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junkie. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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