junkie (redirected from junkies)

junk·ie also junk·y  (jngk)

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, junky [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ]

n pl junkies

(Law / Recreational Drugs) an informal word for drug addict esp one who injects heroin into himself

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	junkie - a narcotics addict                   drug addict, junky 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" addict, freak, junky, nut enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa

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junkie junky

noun

1. addict, user, drug addict, druggie (informal), head (slang), freak (informal), mainliner (slang), smackhead (slang), pill-popper (slang), pothead (slang), cokehead (slang), acidhead (slang), hashhead (slang), weedhead (slang) a heroin junkie in a TV drama

2. lover, fan, supporter, follower, enthusiast, freak (informal), admirer, buff (informal), fanatic, devotee, fiend (informal), zealot, aficionado a vinyl junkie

Translations

junkie [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] N (= drug addict) → yonqui mf; (= esp of heroin) → heroinómano/a m/f
chocolate junkie → adicto/a m/f al chocolate

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junkie [ˈdʒʌŋki] n (= drug user) → junkie mf, drogué(e) m/f
junk mail n → courrier m indésirable
junk room n (US) → débarras m
junk shop n → brocante f

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junkie

n (inf) → Fixer(in) m(f) (inf), → Junkie m (inf); fast food junkie → Fan m → von Fastfood; computer junkie → Computerfreak m (sl)

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junkie junky [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] n (fam) → tossico/a

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junkie

n junkie [ˈdʒaŋki]

a slang word for a person who is addicted to drugs, especially heroin. dwelmslaaf, verslaafde بائِع المُخَدِّرات أو مُدْمِنُها наркоман feťák junkie der Junkie πρεζάκιας (λαϊκ.) yonqui narkomaan معتاد به مواد مخدر narkkari drogué/-ée נַרקוֹמָן नशेबाज narkoman narkós pecandu narkotika dópisti, heróínfíkill drogato 麻薬中毒者 마약 상습자 narkomanas narkomāns penagih heroin junkie narkoman, heroinslave ćpun drogado dro­­­gat наркоман fetoš narkoman narkoman knarkare, heroinist ผู้ติดยาเสพติด; ขี้ยา esrarkeş 有(尤指海洛因)毒癮者吸毒的人, 有毒隱者 наркоман نشہ باز thằng nghiện 吸毒的人, 有毒隐者