junky
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 5
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkiː/
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/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkiː/ · [ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʰɪi̯]
Definition of junky
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
“1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.”
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adj
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Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
“1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.”
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Full of junk.
“We really need to clear out the junky basement.”
noun
- (alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang)Alternative spelling of junkie.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From junk + -y (adjectival suffix).
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