Word.ws English Dictionary

hopheads

hopheads is the plural of hophead.

Meaning of hophead

Noun

hophead (plural hopheads)

  1. (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
  2. (UK, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).

Questions about hopheads

What is hopheads the plural of?
Hopheads is the plural of hophead.

Words near hopheads in the dictionary

  1. hopfions
  2. Hopfs
  3. Hopgood
  4. Hopgoods
  5. hophead
  6. hopheads
  7. hophornbeam
  8. hophornbeams
  9. Hopi
  10. Hopi maize
  11. Hopi Reservation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hopheads (page history and authors); hophead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hopheads.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hopheads. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.