crackheads

noun

plural of crackhead
as in potheads

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  1. druggies
  2. addicts
  3. junkies
  4. stoners
  5. users
  6. dopers
Noun
  • Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of druggies
Noun
  • The problem with just arresting addicts is there’s nowhere to take them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 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 addicts
Noun
  • The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • As the club’s name implies, car junkies will get an opportunity to see lots of Model T’s and other antique autos from more than a century ago on display.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of junkies
Noun
  • Washington Square Park was lightly populated with the usual chess players and itinerant stoners.
    — Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Dispatches is essential to understanding a cluster of journalists who covered the war, notably the enigmatic hippies and stoners in the circle around whom photojournalists Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn were the centre of gravity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of stoners
Noun
  • Organizations must also prioritize educating all users, from classroom teachers and administrative staff to senior leadership, on their roles.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Many of their users describe feeling real grief when an app is updated or withdrawn.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of users
Noun
  • Could Hunter Armstrong beat a pool full of dopers?
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of dopers
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“Crackheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackheads. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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