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English
Etymology
From crack + -head. First sense appears c. 1978. Second sense appears c. 1977 in Best Canadian Stories.
Pronunciation
Noun
crackhead (plural crackheads)
- (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
- (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.
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