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junk sickness

junk sickness noun: nausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.

Noun

junk sickness (usually uncountable, plural junk sicknesses)

  1. (slang, usually) Nausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.

Forms of junk sickness

pluraljunk sicknesses

Origin of junk sickness

From junk sick + -ness.

Questions about junk sickness

What does junk sickness mean?
Junk sickness means nausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.
What part of speech is junk sickness?
Junk sickness is a noun.
What is the plural of junk sickness?
The plural of junk sickness is junk sicknesses.

Words near junk sickness in the dictionary

  1. junk shop
  2. junk shops
  3. junk shot
  4. junk shots
  5. junk sick
  6. junk sickness
  7. junk sicknesses
  8. junk sport
  9. junk sports
  10. junk time
  11. junk title

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