slang
as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally in the early 20th century hopheads were people one expected to find only in the netherworld of jazz

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Recent Examples on the Web Is your pops a hophead? Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021 Mattress Jack was a hellacious hophead. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Labyrinth’s bringing out the big guns with a 15.5% barleywine, while Relic’s got a 10% Triple IPA for the hophead in you. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022 With that in mind, Free Press deputy sports editor Ryan Ford ranked all 30 teams’ offerings this year — with some commentary by assistant sports editor Marlowe Alter, the Freep’s true hophead — while sorting them into five tiers. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2021 This ale is a hophead's dream, despite the (surprising) 58 International Bittering Units. Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2020

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“Hophead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hophead. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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