Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hophead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hop-head
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage; Slang

noun

A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"For the alcoholic there are numerous substitutes: a period of intense diversion and excitement, pressing need for rest, hypnotic sedatives, sleep. Not for the hophead. Sedatives don't touch it; he can't rest; he can't even sleep."
"“Oed,” looking at her puzzled, “you don't get addicted. It's not like you're some hophead. You take it because it's good. […]"
"Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown."
"Why should we all go around on tiptoe forever pretending the kid's not a hophead?"

Etymology

From hop + -head.

Usage

American usage
Slang
British usage

Inflected Forms

hopheads (plural)

Questions

What does hophead mean?: A drug addict.
Where does hophead come from?: From hop + -head.

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