Hophead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hophead is a noun meaning (US, slang) A drug addict.
Meaning
(US, slang) A drug addict.
More Meanings
- (British, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).
Example Sentences
Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?
Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown.
“Oed,” looking at her puzzled, “you don't get addicted. It's not like you're some hophead. You take it because it's good. […]
For the alcoholic there are numerous substitutes: a period of intense diversion and excitement, pressing need for rest, hypnotic sedatives, sleep. Not for the hophead. Sedatives don't touch it; he can't rest; he can't even sleep.
Word Forms
- hopheads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include addicts, crackheads, drugs, junkies, drughead, baghead.
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