What does junkie mean?
Definitions for junkie
ˈdʒʌŋ kijunkie
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Princeton's WordNet
drug addict, junkie, junkynoun
a narcotics addict
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junkynoun
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"
Wiktionary
junkienoun
A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
junkienoun
An enthusiast of something.
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Junkie
Junkie is a pejorative usually referring to a person with an addiction.
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Junkie
Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict is a novel by American beat generation writer William S. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym William Lee in 1953. His first published work, it is semi-autobiographical and focuses on Burroughs' life as a drug user and dealer. It has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of junkie in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of junkie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of junkie in a Sentence
For a basketball junkie like I am, I just loved it, i was actually sick that the series is over.
I'm not a deal junkie, I'm probably a rather old-fashioned corporate financier.
I got a call from Buddy Arnolds, who started the program, and he said, ‘Kurt Cobain is at this hospital, and I just visited him. He would like to meet you,’ he wasn’t aware of my music… He was aware of my being a world-class junkie. He wanted to meet the junkie that got clean.
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- حشاش, مدمنArabic
- ionquiCatalan, Valencian
- narkomanDanish
- Drogenabhängiger, Drogensüchtiger, JunkieGerman
- τοξικομανής, ναρκομανήςGreek
- drogadicto, yonquiSpanish
- narkar, narkomaanEstonian
- narkomaani, narkkari, nistiFinnish
- toxicomane, accro, droguéFrench
- junkieIrish
- narkósHungarian
- נַרקוֹמָןHebrew
- ジャンキー, 麻薬常習者, 麻薬中毒者Japanese
- 중독자, 마약중독자Korean
- ćpun, narkomanPolish
- viciado, drogadoPortuguese
- наркома́н, джа́нки, наркома́нкаRussian
- narkòmān, narkòmānka, narkićSerbo-Croatian
- pundare, narkoman, knarkareSwedish
- eroinman, keş, esrarkeşTurkish
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