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crackhead

[krak-hed]

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a habitual user of cocaine in the form of crack.



crackhead

/ ˈæˌɛ /

noun

  1. slanga person addicted to the drug crack

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crackhead1

First recorded in 1985–90; crack ( def. ) (in the sense of “purified cocaine”) + head (in the sense “habitual user of a drug”)
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Example Sentences

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In 2014, media regulator Ofcom upheld a complaint relating to the treatment of a 17-year-old girl who was called a "crackhead" and a "silly anorexic slapper" by her older sister on air.

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On Monday, a video began circulating showing him slapping away an artist known as Crackhead Barney's phone when confronted at a coffee shop just feet away from his New York City home.

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He called Ulanga “a crackhead,” and noted Phillips was living “back in the projects.”

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“I’ve been all over the country and have interviewed hundreds of people whose lives were touched by crack, but never have I met a ‘crackhead,’” Donovan X. Ramsey writes toward the end of his first book, “When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era.”

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“He looks like a crackhead to me!”

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When To Use

does crackhead mean?

A crackhead is a slang term for someone who is addicted to or does a lot of the drug crack cocaine. The word is more generally used to insult someone considered to be acting like a crackhead, that is, wildly and stupidly.

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