"hophead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-hophead.ogg [Australia] Forms: hopheads [plural]
Etymology: hop + -head Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hop|head}} hop + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} hophead (plural hopheads)
  1. (US, slang) A drug addict. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-hophead-en-noun-PjFgcOgC Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 79 21
  2. (British, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Brewing, People
    Sense id: en-hophead-en-noun-tj1CwtcU Disambiguation of Brewing: 37 63 Disambiguation of People: 14 86 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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