junkienoun [ C ]
also junky uk/ˈdʒʌŋ.ki/us/ˈdʒʌŋ.ki/informalsomeone who cannot stop taking illegal drugs
someone who wants to have or do something all the time:
a computer/TV junkie
a publicity junkie
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Drug addiction
- buzzed up
- chemical dependency
- cold turkey
- crack house
- crackhead
- druggie
- glue-sniffer
- habit
- habit-forming
- head
- hooked
- needle exchange
- on
- pothead
- smackhead
- sniffer
- substance abuse
- taker
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