junkie (noun)

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• junkie junky — noun (C) slang 1 someone who takes dangerous drugs and is dependent on them 2 television/soap opera etc junkie humorous someone who likes something so much that they seem to be dependent on it: a television junkie …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• junkie — noun a) A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users. My uncle is a classic car junkie. b) An enthusiast of something …   Wiktionary

• junkie — noun Junkie is used after these nouns: ↑news …   Collocations dictionary

• junkie — (also junky) ► NOUN informal ▪ a drug addict. ORIGIN from JUNK(Cf. ↑junk) …   English terms dictionary

• junkie — Noun. 1. A heroin addict. Also spelt junky. 2. Now more frequently used for anyone with an addiction …   English slang and colloquialisms

• junkie — UK [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms junkie : singular junkie plural junkies informal 1) a drug addict 2) often humorous used about someone who likes doing something very much and who does it a lot a computer games junkie …   English dictionary

• junkie — also junky noun (plural junkies) Date: 1923 1. a. a narcotics peddler or addict b. a person who derives inordinate pleasure from or who is dependent on something < sugar junkie > < television news junkie > 2. a junk dealer …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• junkie — junk|ie [ dʒʌŋki ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) a DRUG ADDICT 2. ) OFTEN HUMOROUS used about someone who likes doing something very much and does it a lot: a video games junkie …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• junkie — (also junky) noun informal a drug addict. ↘a person with an obsessive dependency on or enthusiasm for something: a media junkie. Origin 1920s (orig. US): from junk1 …   English new terms dictionary

• junkie — [ˈdʒʌŋki] noun [C] informal 1) someone who is unable to stop taking illegal drugs 2) often humorous a person who likes doing something very much and does it a lot a computer games junkie[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• junkie — /ˈdʒʌŋki / (say jungkee) noun Colloquial 1. a drug addict. 2. a person who is enthusiastic about something specified: a vinyl junkie. Also, junky. {junk1 (def. 6) + ie} …