hophead

English

Etymology

hop +‎ -head

Noun

hophead (plural hopheads)

  1. (US, slang) A drug addict.
    • 1939, Walton Hall Smith, ‎Ferdinand Christian Helwig, Liquor, the Servant of Man (page 193)
      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.
    • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, Knopf:
      Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?
  2. (Britain, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer.

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