"junkie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/ Audio: en-au-junkie.ogg [Australia] Forms: junkie [singular], junkies [plural]
Etymology: junk + -ie Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|junk|ie}} junk + -ie Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A junkie is a drug addict. Synonyms: addict
    Sense id: simple-junkie-en-noun-4uUAGGTz Categories (other): Slang
  2. A junkie is an enthusiast of something.
    Sense id: simple-junkie-en-noun-eS7jd7pU Categories (other): Slang
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ie
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