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junkies

junkies is the plural of junkie.

junkies is the plural of junky.

Meaning of junkie

Noun

junkie (plural junkies)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
    • Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
  2. (broadly, slang) An enthusiast of something.
    • English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.

Meaning of junky

Adjective

junky (comparative junkier, superlative junkiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
    • I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for Jim from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky charm bracelet.1973 January 6, Lou Sullivan, Diary
  2. Full of junk.
    • We really need to clear out the junky basement.
    Synonyms:
    cluttered, trashy

Phrases with junkies

Questions about junkies

What is junkies the plural of?
Junkies is the plural of junkie.

Words near junkies in the dictionary

  1. junkie
  2. junkiedom
  3. junkiehood
  4. junkieness
  5. junkier
  6. junkies
  7. junkiest
  8. junkily
  9. Junkin
  10. junkiness
  11. junking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: junkies (page history and authors); junkie (page history and authors); junky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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