Definitions for junkie

junkie junk·ie

Spelling: [juhng-kee]
IPA: /ˈdʒʌŋ ki/

Junkie is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in junkie (eijknu).

Definitions for junkie

noun

  1. a drug addict, especially one addicted to heroin.
  2. a person with an insatiable craving for something:
  3. an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee:

Origin of junkie

First recorded in 1920-25; junk3 + -ie

Examples for junkie

This junkie is about to begin a three-day, neo-African, sometimes-terrifying, ritualistic trip.

A junkie uses only to avoid junk sickness, otherwise known as withdrawal.

It was evident that junkie had a will of his own, and was accustomed to exert it on all occasions.

The junkie knows life because he has an intimate knowledge of death.

junkie looked up with sparkling eyes, and said that Milly did it.

That is another way of saying that the junkie, unlike our “American business man,” knows himself.

A junkie, on the other hand, exists in a state of constant physical emergency.

“Father never rose a fish there,” said junkie, with a demure look.

“Nevertheless, it may not be fair to call it a lie, junkie,” said Jackman.

A little shriek of laughter burst from junkie on hearing this.

Word Value for junkie
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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