"junkie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/ Audio: En-au-junkie.ogg Forms: junkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋki Etymology: From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|junk|ie|id2=person associated|t1=narcotic drug}} junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} junkie (plural junkies)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People, Recreational drugs Synonyms: drug addict, addict
    Sense id: en-junkie-en-noun-9FoiZPxs Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie (person associated), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie (person associated): 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6
  2. (slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something. Tags: broadly, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, enthusiast Translations (enthusiast): 愛好者 (Chinese Mandarin), 爱好者 (àihàozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), hullu (Finnish), accro [feminine, masculine] (French), pecandu (Indonesian), люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), энтузиа́ст (entuziást) [masculine] (Russian), yonqui [slang] (Spanish), adicto [masculine] (Spanish), adicta [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-junkie-en-noun-roOuDfes Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'enthusiast': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: junky Derived forms: adrenaline junkie, tuna junkie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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