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adrenaline junkie

adrenaline junkie noun: one who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such opportunities.

Noun

adrenaline junkie (plural adrenaline junkies)

  1. (colloquial) One who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such opportunities.
    • Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.
    • More than 300 daredevils parachuted off the nation's second-highest bridge in an annual ritual that attracts thousands of spectators. "Everybody out here is an adrenaline junkie," parachutist Mike Cleary, 27, of Milwaukee, said yesterday.1991 October 20, “300 parachutists leap into gorge”, in Toledo Blade, retrieved 16 Nov 2013, page A3

Examples of adrenaline junkie in a sentence

  • "I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff, which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff."2002 Jan. 17, Christy Lemire, "Success of 'Lord of the Rings' puts actor Bloom in the spotlight,' Daily Gazette, p. C7 (retrieved 16 Nov...
  • Since then, the adrenaline junkie has been getting his kicks from a variety of extreme sports, such as skydiving and racing motorcycles and go-carts.2009 July 30, “Schumacher's F1 Comeback: An Adrenaline Junkie Returns to the Racetrack”, in Spiegel Online International, retrieved 16 Nov...

Synonyms of adrenaline junkie

Forms of adrenaline junkie

pluraladrenaline junkies

Questions about adrenaline junkie

What does adrenaline junkie mean?
Adrenaline junkie means one who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such opportunities.
How do you use adrenaline junkie in a sentence?
"I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff, which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff."
What part of speech is adrenaline junkie?
Adrenaline junkie is a noun.
What is the plural of adrenaline junkie?
The plural of adrenaline junkie is adrenaline junkies.

Words near adrenaline junkie in the dictionary

  1. adrenalectomy
  2. adrenalin
  3. adrenalin rush
  4. adrenalin rushes
  5. adrenaline
  6. adrenaline junkie
  7. adrenaline junkies
  8. adrenaline rush
  9. adrenaline rushes
  10. adrenaline sport
  11. adrenaline sports

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