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junkie
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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.

junkie
Noun
Informal a drug addict
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.junkiejunkie - 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.junkiejunkie - 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"
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

junkie or junky
noun (Informal) 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)
Translations

junkie [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] n (col) → yonqui m/f; heroinómano/a
junkie [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] n (inf) → junkie m, drogué(e)
junkie [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] junk (inf) nFixer(in) m(f)
junkie [ˈdʒʌŋkɪ] n (col) → drogato/a

junkie
n junkie [ˈdʒaŋki]
a slang word for a person who is addicted to drugs, especially heroin. dwelmslaaf, verslaafdeبائِع المُخَدِّرات أو مُدْمِنُهاнаркоманfeťákjunkieder Junkieπρεζάκιας (λαϊκ.)yonquinarkomaanمعتاد به مواد مخدرnarkkaridrogué/-éeנַרקוֹמָןनशेबाजnarkomannarkóspecandu narkotikadópisti, heróínfíkilldrogato麻薬中毒者마약[] 사용자narkomanasnarkomānspenagih heroinjunkienarkoman, heroinslavećpundrogadodro­­­gatнаркоманfetošnarkomannarkomanknarkare, heroinistผู้ติดยาเสพติด; ขี้ยาesrarkeş吸毒的人, 有毒隱者наркоманنشہ بازthằng nghiện,

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