slang
as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally in the early 20th century hopheads were people one expected to find only in the netherworld of jazz

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Recent Examples of hophead Is your pops a hophead? Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021 Mattress Jack was a hellacious hophead. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Labyrinth’s bringing out the big guns with a 15.5% barleywine, while Relic’s got a 10% Triple IPA for the hophead in you. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022 With that in mind, Free Press deputy sports editor Ryan Ford ranked all 30 teams’ offerings this year — with some commentary by assistant sports editor Marlowe Alter, the Freep’s true hophead — while sorting them into five tiers. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2021 This ale is a hophead's dream, despite the (surprising) 58 International Bittering Units. Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2020
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Noun
  • John Sarkisian was a gambling addict who bet — then subsequently lost — his family’s business.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In Orange County, 76% of voters voted for Prop. 36 which will require judges warn hard drug dealers that they could be charged with murder if their drugs kill someone, will provide treatment to drug addicts, and allow prosecutors to file felonies on repeat thieves.
    Todd Spitzer, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • These Marijuana Strains Might Help • Leveraging drug courts and the criminal justice system with the aim of providing drug treatment, job training and stable housing to prevent the stigma of arrest records for low-level dealers or recreational users who run afoul of the law.
    Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • No more waitlist: Waymo is opening up its self-driving cars to all users in Los Angeles.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.
    Vulture, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2023
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  • Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.
    John Roach, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
  • Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.
    J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017

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“Hophead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hophead. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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