What does JUNKIE mean?

Definitions for JUNKIE
ˈdʒʌŋ kijunkie

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drug addict, junkie, junkynoun

    a narcotics addict

  2. 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

  1. junkienoun

    A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.

  2. junkienoun

    An enthusiast of something.

Wikipedia

  1. Junkie

    Junkie is a pejorative usually referring to a person with an addiction.

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  1. junkie

    A junkie is a slang term used to refer to a person who is strongly addicted to or obsessed with something, particularly illicit drugs. However, it can also be used in a non-drug context to describe someone excessively fond of or indulging excessively in a particular activity or thing.

Wikidata

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of JUNKIE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of JUNKIE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of JUNKIE in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Negron:

    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.

  2. Simon Robey:

    I'm not a deal junkie, I'm probably a rather old-fashioned corporate financier.

  3. Famer Magic Johnson:

    For a basketball junkie like I am, I just loved it, i was actually sick that the series is over.

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