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punkie

English

Alternative forms

  • punky

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p??ki?/
  • Rhymes: -??ki

Etymology 1

Entered English via Jersey Dutch; originally from a Munsee word like *pónkwes (the latter part of which is a diminutive suffix), to which the Dutch applied the diminutive suffix -je. Compare Unami punkw (“dust”), Punxsutawney (from Unami punkwës utènay, 'sandfly town').

Noun

punkie (plural punkies)

  1. (US) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge; sandfly.

Etymology 2

Noun

punkie (plural punkies)

  1. (US) A fish, Lepomis gibbosus.
    Synonym: pumpkinseed

References

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junkie

English

Alternative forms

  • junky

Etymology

junk (“narcotic drug”) +? -ie

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???ki/
  • Rhymes: -??ki

Noun

junkie (plural junkies)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
    Synonyms: drug addict; see also Thesaurus:addict
  2. (slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something.
    Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast; see also Thesaurus:fan

Derived terms

  • adrenaline junkie
  • tuna junkie

Descendants

  • ? German: Junkie
  • ? Spanish: yonqui

Translations

French

Noun

junkie m or f (plural junkies)

  1. junkie (addict)

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