Usually means: Dilapidated, low-quality, or worthless items.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word junky:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. junky: Merriam-Webster
  2. junky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. junky, junky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. junky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. junky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Junky, junky: Wordnik
  7. junky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. junky: Wiktionary
  9. junky: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. junky: Dictionary.com
  11. junky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Junky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. junky: Rhymezone
  14. junky: FreeDictionary.org
  15. junky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. junky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. junky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. junky: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. junky: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. junky, junky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. junky: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See junk as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
adjective:  Full of junk.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of junkie [(slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.]

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