Definition of "hophead" [hophead]

• Slang A drug addict. (noun)

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• "I rarely spoke to him, but when I did I never failed to refer to him as "hophead" or "junky" and to hope that his supplies of snow were coming along all right."
• "The policeman saw a young man with staring eyes coming toward him, remarked "hophead" internally and played with his nightstick a little more."
• "This pale has the citrusy flower notes to satisfy any hophead, but a slightly richer backbone to balance them out."