groupie
Americannoun
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groupies
plural
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a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
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an ardent fan of a celebrity or of a particular activity.
a tennis groupie.
noun
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an ardent fan of a celebrity, esp a pop star: originally, often a girl who followed the members of a pop group on tour in order to have sexual relations with them
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an enthusiastic follower of some activity
a political groupie
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Some might see it as a full circle moment for Hudson, who received an Oscar nomination for her performance as the groupie Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 rock memoir “Almost Famous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
There he stood, center aisle, wearing a suit and a bright orange tie, trying to position himself to shake as many hands as possible, as if he were a solitary political groupie.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
He wrote, “The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
There’s a single female Pacific Tech student; the other women who appear are a genius groupie, student beauticians the male geniuses hit on, and a college administrator.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2022
I invented a secret admirer for Cap named Lorelei Lumley, a seventh grade student-government groupie, who slipped perfumed love notes through the vents of his locker.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
This one is also for the “Imposters” groupies, who know LaNasa should have gotten her flowers for embodying a tough maternal figure long ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Key to the success was Billie Jean, a dark tale about the groupies Jackson met while touring with his brothers.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
“People in our hotel are here just for the eclipse, which is kind of neat. Space groupies, I guess. I’ve never experienced one, so I’m looking forward to it.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Mr. Vecchi said it is common for criminology students to become fascinated by certain crimes or even become groupies for serial killers.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Unlike most hockey players, he somehow managed to keep his teeth, and he flashes them at us now like we’re groupies.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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