cokehead

English

Etymology

From coke +‎ -head.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cokehead (plural cokeheads)

1. (derogatory, slang) A cocaine addict.

   Synonyms: cocainist (archaic), cocainomaniac (archaic)

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

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

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     […] she knew that a closeted cokehead would always be in the WC.

Related terms

• coked up
• coke whore

 

Translations

cocaine addict — see cocaine addict