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hophead

noun

Etymology

From hop + -head.

  1. derived from *kewb-✻ — “to bend, bow”
  2. inherited from *huppōną✻ — “to hop”
  3. inherited from *huppōn✻
  4. inherited from hoppian — “to hop, spring, leap, dance”
  5. inherited from hoppen
  6. suffixed as hophead — “hop + head”

Definitions

  1. A drug addict.

    • 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.

  2. A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with…

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA