Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

junk sick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: junk sick
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Experiencing the nausea sometimes suffered by the user of a narcotic the following day, or after the effects of the drug begin to wear off, often with flulike symptoms.

Slang

Example Sentences

"I checked into the hospital junk sick and spent four days there […]"
"[…] a few old relics from hop smoking times, spectral janitors, grey as ashes, phantom porters sweeping out dusty halls with a slow old man's hand, coughing and spitting in the junk-sick dawn […]"

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

junk-sick (alternative)

Phrases

junk sickness dope sick strung out

Frequently Paired Words

dope sick junkie strung out

Questions

What does junk sick mean?: Experiencing the nausea sometimes suffered by the user of a narcotic the following day, or after the effects of the drug begin to wear off, often with flulike symptoms.

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