Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, slang)A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.

    a narcotics addict

  2. (broadly, slang)An enthusiast of something.

    English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.

    My uncle is a classic-car junkie.

    люби́тельljubítelʹ, энтузиа́стentuziást

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Adrenaline junkies love taking extreme risks.

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  2. A lot of junkies reside around the suburbs.

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  3. And in this class we have all the junkies.

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  4. Sami lives in a small ghost town with a bunch of junkies.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
enthusiast:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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