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Recent Examples of crackhead
George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
Pity that crackhead tattooist wasn’t as artistic as the guy at the custom shop.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
Founder Greg Harms even referred to his followers as crackheads because of their unquenchable desire to chase virgin snow and rip big lines, and many would have been willing to overnight in igloos for the opportunity to pursue untouched powder with him.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
Found a dependable crackhead (an oxymoron almost always) in Vancouver, who, in exchange for free dope and low-percentage profit sharing, sold ounces for me.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Problem is stepping outside to crackheads and fentanyl dealers.
— Geoffrey Cain (@geoffrey_cain) August 28, 2023
San Francisco is possibly America’s most beautiful big city.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
Pity that crackhead tattooist wasn’t as artistic as the guy at the custom shop.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
Founder Greg Harms even referred to his followers as crackheads because of their unquenchable desire to chase virgin snow and rip big lines, and many would have been willing to overnight in igloos for the opportunity to pursue untouched powder with him.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
Found a dependable crackhead (an oxymoron almost always) in Vancouver, who, in exchange for free dope and low-percentage profit sharing, sold ounces for me.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Problem is stepping outside to crackheads and fentanyl dealers.
— Geoffrey Cain (@geoffrey_cain) August 28, 2023
San Francisco is possibly America’s most beautiful big city.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackhead
Noun
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Xavier is both when first introduced, but the slacker pothead lives long enough to reveal his chivalrous side.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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The streamer then released the Illana Glazer: Human Magic in December, which delved into Glazer’s awkward high school years and raising a family as a pothead.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me.—
Brontez Purnell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Among the former cohort is Hal Incandenza, a star student, teen-age tennis prodigy, secret marijuana addict, and Hamlet manqué.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some of them are addicts, some sell themselves for money, others are simply homeless.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sure, the idea of more power always sounds better to confirmed speed freaks such as myself, but simply turning up the wick wouldn’t keep with the RBW ethos—and might throw that balance fully out of whack, in fact.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Their father, Matt Heinricy, is a pastor and basketball junkie.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Early January is more than just the start of the new year for the tech junkies out there.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Anderson enlisted him as well for Inherent Vice (2014), his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s hippie noir that earns a place in both the out-of-his-depth-detective-story and stoner-flick halls of fame.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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Listening can feel like stumbling through a landscape that is both brutal and stunning, comprising raga drone and haunted violin screeches as well as beautifully woozy stoner rock and idyllic birdsong, all colliding into unexpected forms.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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James had an even doper moment in store for the kid after the game.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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In 1891 Butte, Mont., a reckless young poet and doper named Tom Rourke falls in love with Polly Gillespie, the new wife of the extremely devout captain of the local copper mine.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
27 June 2024
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“Crackhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackhead. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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