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cokehead

noun

Definition of cokeheadnext
as in crackhead

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Recent Examples of cokehead Biel is a pitiless cokehead who, we’re told, later marries a senator and has four kids. — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026 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 The clumsiest interlude occurs in a bar, where Killian is approached by a drunken cokehead who steers him into the bathroom to snort a few lines. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cokehead
  1. crackhead
  2. pothead
  3. druggie
  4. speed freak
  5. addict
  6. stoner
Noun
  • There were crackheads in the neighborhood, and, once, his landlady’s dog was injured by gunfire.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Hunter Biden spent years being called a crackhead on the internet by Candace Owens.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
Definition of crackhead
Noun
  • Nobody in his immediate circle knows that Bret is gay, enjoying regular dalliances with class pothead Matt (Owen Painter) and pining over Ryan (Daniel Dale).
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The character begins as a rock music-loving pothead who isn't too interested in what's going on with his family.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of pothead
Noun
  • But where a female-friendship show like Tuca & Bertie falls into the trap of presenting relatability at the expense of creativity, YOLO introduces a dynamic that is depraved, boozy, druggy, shaggy, and totally amoral.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me.
    — Brontez Purnell, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of druggie
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  • Let the record show, however, that the 22-year-old power/speed freak has not slowed down.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • At the end of that decade, in 1999, as the fourth-generation SL was entering its twilight years, the speed freaks at AMG decided to create a special SL hotrod.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of speed freak
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  • Even before things go awry, Lee pulls over on the way to the Hattas to arrest a meth addict, Mad Dog Luke (Akira Huang), for a drug buy, forcing the cops to bring the man along with them.
    — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of addict
Noun
  • The place had inscrutable stoner-eclectic décor, with pictures of Salvador Dalí on serving-tray papers and a Rastafarian lion statuette on the counter.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Rush’s Alex Lifeson spent decades as one of rock’s most brilliantly productive stoners.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of stoner

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“Cokehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cokehead. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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