- hophead
- noun Date: 1911 slang a drug addict
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Hophead — may mean * A user of cannabis in American slang * Someone who appreciates highly flavoured American beer … Wikipedia
hophead — opium addict, 1911, from HOP (Cf. hop) (n.2) + HEAD (Cf. head) (n.) in the drug sense … Etymology dictionary
hophead — ☆ hophead [häp′hed΄ ] n. [ HOP2, n. 3 + HEAD, n. 22] Slang a drug addict … English World dictionary
hophead — noun a) A drug addict. Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kids not a hophead? Rabbit at Rest , by John Updike b) a beer enthusiast … Wiktionary
hophead — n American a narcotics user. Hop was a late 19th century term for opium, later extended to any stupefying drug including mari huana. Hophead, dating from the 1940s, was one of the first words for a category of drug users to use the head suffix.… … Contemporary slang
hophead — 1. n. an alcoholic or a drunkard. I’m afraid that Wally is becoming a hop head. □ Ernie is a well established and incurable hophead. 2. n. a drug user; someone under the effects of drugs. (Drugs.) □ The hopheads are taking over this part of town … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hophead — /hop hed /, n. Older Slang. a narcotics addict, esp. an opium addict. [1910 15; HOP2 + HEAD] * * * … Universalium
hophead — Synonyms and related words: LSD user, acidhead, addict, alcoholic, chain smoker, cocaine sniffer, cokie, cubehead, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, fiend, freak, glue sniffer, habitual, head, heavy… … Moby Thesaurus
hophead — n. drug addict (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
hophead — noun informal 1》 N. Amer. a drug addict. 2》 Austral./NZ a heavy drinker … English new terms dictionary
