crackhead

English

Alternative forms

• crack head

Etymology

From crack +‎ -head. First sense appears c. 1978. Second sense appears c. 1977 in Best Canadian Stories.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæk.hɛd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

crackhead (plural crackheads)

1. (slang, derogatory) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.

   Hypernyms: (all derogatory) druggie, drughead, junkhead, junkie, user, abuser; see also Thesaurus:addict

   Coordinate terms: (all derogatory) cokehead, methhead, pillhead, pothead

2. (US, slang, derogatory) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot; broadly, any contemptible person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot, Thesaurus:jerk

   • 1977, Oberon Press (publisher), Best Canadian Stories, page 75:

     You know who strangled the old man? You know who did it? A fuckin' stupid crackhead! He is pointing at himself and in tears. It's Ava's landlord who is dead.

Translations

person addicted to crack

• Finnish: crack-kokainisti
• French: accro au crack m or f
• Polish: kokainista (pl) m, kokainistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: noia (pt) m or f, cracudo (pt) m, craqueiro m
• Swedish: crackpundare c