hophead

hophead noun: a drug addict.

Noun

hophead (plural hopheads)

(US, slang) A drug addict.
- 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.1939, Walton Hall Smith, Ferdinand Christian Helwig, Liquor, the Servant of Man, page 193
- “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. […]1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 107
(UK, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).

افیمی, لت والا

Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown.1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 93:
Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, Knopf:

plural	hopheads

From hop + -head.

What does hophead mean?: Hophead means a drug addict.
What is hophead in Urdu?: Hophead in Urdu is افیمی, لت والا. See Hophead meaning in Urdu.
How do you use hophead in a sentence?: Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown.
What part of speech is hophead?: Hophead is a noun.
What is the plural of hophead?: The plural of hophead is hopheads.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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