junkie

junk-ie · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Slang) A drug addict, especially one who uses heroin.

  2. 2.

    (Informal) A person with an obsessive interest in or enthusiasm for something.

Forms

plural: junkies

Related words

See also: addict, addiction, junk
Synonyms: addict, enthusiast, user

Etymology

From junk (slang for heroin) + -ie, first used in American English in the 1920s.