Definition of junkie Junkie

/ʤʌˈŋki/ - [jungkee] - junk•ie

We found 7 definitions of junkie from 4 different sources.

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Noun

junkie - a narcotics addict
  drug addict, junky
  addict someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
  cocaine addict a person addicted to cocaine
  binger, crack addict someone addicted to crack cocaine
  heroin addict someone addicted to heroin
  opium addict, opium taker someone addicted to opium
junkie - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
  addict, nut, freak, junky
  enthusiast, partizan, partisan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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  • junkie
    A drugs addict, someone using drugs.
  • junkie
    A person who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.

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