crackhead

noun

Definition of crackheadnext
as in pothead

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Recent Examples of crackhead 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 George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together. — 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackhead
  1. pothead
  2. cokehead
  3. druggie
  4. addict
  5. speed freak
  6. junkie
  7. stoner
  8. doper
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
  • 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
Definition of cokehead
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
Noun
  • 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
  • His employees — asked to defend the team’s actions, and in some cases, prompted by Angels lawyers — described Skaggs as a drug addict and a poor pitcher.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of addict
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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
Noun
  • Clark is a baseball junkie who loves to dive into all these details.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Cunningham, who North Crowley head coach DeMarcus Harris credited for having stellar football IQ and being a film junkie, has three interceptions through two weeks.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of junkie
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
Noun
  • Could Hunter Armstrong beat a pool full of dopers?
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • James had an even doper moment in store for the kid after the game.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of doper

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