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junk·ie
also junk·y (jŭng′kē)n. pl. junk·ies Slang
1. A narcotics addict, especially one using heroin.
2. One who has an insatiable interest or devotion: a sports junkie.
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junkie
(ˈdʒʌŋkɪ) orjunky
n, pl junkies
(Recreational Drugs) an informal word for a drug addict, esp one who injects heroin into himself or herself
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junk•ie
or junk•y
(ˈdʒʌŋ ki)n., pl. junk•ies. Informal.
1. a drug addict, esp. one addicted to heroin.
2. a person with an insatiable craving for something: a chocolate junkie.
3. an enthusiastic follower; devotee: a baseball junkie.
[1920–25, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  junkie - a narcotics addict 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 withdrawer - a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics |
| 2. |  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"gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa |
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junkie
[ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] N (= drug addict) → yonqui mf; (= esp of heroin) → heroinómano/a m/fchocolate junkie → adicto/a m/f al chocolate
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junkie
(ˈdʒaŋki) noun a slang word for a person who is addicted to drugs, especially heroin. yonqui
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junkie
a. slang, [rel. to drug addiction], vicioso; a, narcómano-a, Mex. tecato-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
junkie
n (vulg) adicto -ta mf a la heroínaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.