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junk-sick

junk-sick is the alternative form of junk sick.

Meaning of junk sick

Adjective

junk sick

  1. (slang) Experiencing the nausea sometimes suffered by the user of a narcotic the following day, or after the effects of the drug begin to wear off, often with flulike symptoms.
    • I checked into the hospital junk sick and spent four days there […]1953, William S. Burroughs, The Yagé Letters

Questions about junk-sick

What is junk-sick the alternative form of?
Junk-sick is the alternative form of junk sick.

Words near junk-sick in the dictionary

  1. junk wad
  2. junk wads
  3. junk yard
  4. junk yards
  5. junk-hook
  6. junk-sick
  7. junk-yard
  8. junk-yards
  9. junkaholic
  10. junkaholics
  11. junkaneer

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