"crackhead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹæk.hɛd/ Audio: En-au-crackhead.ogg Forms: crackheads [plural]
Etymology: From crack + -head. First sense appears c. 1978. Second sense appears c. 1977 in Best Canadian Stories. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|crack|head}} crack + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} crackhead (plural crackheads)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People, Recreational drugs Translations (person addicted to crack): crack-kokainisti (Finnish), accro au crack [feminine, masculine] (French), kokainista [masculine] (Polish), kokainistka [feminine] (Polish), noia [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cracudo [masculine] (Portuguese), craqueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), crackpundare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crackhead-en-noun-s4IJag46 Disambiguation of People: 78 22 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'person addicted to crack': 72 28
  2. (US, slang, derogatory) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot; broadly, any contemptible person. Tags: US, derogatory, slang Synonyms: idiot, jerk
    Sense id: en-crackhead-en-noun-4woLaYWp Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -head, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crack head

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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