crackhead

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Recent Examples of crackhead 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 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
  • 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
  • That means there are more 24-hour potheads stumbling around the United States (in California, especially) than ever before.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
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
  • 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
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
Noun
  • One parent died young and another was an addict.
    Adam Duxter, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Gorsuch said the opinion was narrow and did not disturb other provisions of the law, which includes a ban on guns for drug addicts, ban on guns for people presently intoxicated and prohibition of firearms for those deemed a danger to themselves or others.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • America's top amusement parks are introducing a lineup of new record-setting, heart-pumping roller coasters sure to satisfy even the biggest adrenaline junkies.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • And while these details surely signal the profile of a nerd (complimentary), Kimes is also something of a competition junkie, making frequent appearances in celebrity editions of game shows like The Great American Baking Show.
    Nic Juarez, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Monroe Beardsley, Peter Kivy, or your stoner friend can take that one.
    Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
  • And speaking of working, Liz and Dolores head off to the weed-edible factory for a little stoner Lucy and Ethel moment.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026
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

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“Crackhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackhead. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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