Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Informal.
- a drug addict, especially one addicted to heroin.
- a person with an insatiable craving for something: a chocolate junkie.
- an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee: a baseball junkie.
noun plural junkies
- an informal word for a drug addict, esp one who injects heroin into himself
“drug addict,” 1923, from junk (n.1) in the narcotics sense + -y (3). Junker in the same sense is recorded from 1922. Junk for “narcotic” is older.