: a person who uses cocaine compulsively
Examples of cokehead in a Sentence
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Biel is a pitiless cokehead who, we’re told, later marries a senator and has four kids.
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Ky Henderson,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
Each of the many phishing centers answers to Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), a douchey 28-year-old rich-kid cokehead who tools around his office on a skateboard in extraordinarily ugly outfits (that puke-green suit!) and bad highlights.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2024
It was rumored Pacino’s character was a cokehead, something Pacino and Mann have copped to in recent years.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
23 Aug. 2023
Any cokeheads who—like stoners at a Judd Apatow flick—await every knowing wink will be disappointed: These are surprisingly few and far between.
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WIRED,
24 Feb. 2023
Or at least let our villainous cokehead get a spinoff!
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Meecham Whitson Meriweather,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2022
Nicki Minaj is a cokehead!
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Brendan Morrow,
The Week,
14 Sep. 2022
Among the 14 characters Wagner wrote for Lily Tomlin — her partner then, and her wife since 2013 — just two were male; only one, a health nut by day and a cokehead by night, remains in the revised edition presented here.
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New York Times,
11 Jan. 2022
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Ky Henderson,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
Each of the many phishing centers answers to Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), a douchey 28-year-old rich-kid cokehead who tools around his office on a skateboard in extraordinarily ugly outfits (that puke-green suit!) and bad highlights.
—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2024
It was rumored Pacino’s character was a cokehead, something Pacino and Mann have copped to in recent years.
—
Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
23 Aug. 2023
Any cokeheads who—like stoners at a Judd Apatow flick—await every knowing wink will be disappointed: These are surprisingly few and far between.
—
WIRED,
24 Feb. 2023
Or at least let our villainous cokehead get a spinoff!
—
Meecham Whitson Meriweather,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2022
Nicki Minaj is a cokehead!
—
Brendan Morrow,
The Week,
14 Sep. 2022
Among the 14 characters Wagner wrote for Lily Tomlin — her partner then, and her wife since 2013 — just two were male; only one, a health nut by day and a cokehead by night, remains in the revised edition presented here.
—
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2022
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“Cokehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cokehead. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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cokehead
noun
coke·head
ˈkōk-ˌhed 
: a compulsive user of cocaine
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