hophead
/ˈhɒphɛd
/noun informal
1North American A drug addict.The outside threat to the paper towel roll pipe proceedings gets us cheering for the hopheads, hoping that they defeat those who would harsh our buzz....
- Our friend Lieutenant Doncaster looked at the two hopheads, looked at me and knew right away I wasn't the Knightmare.
- We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members of a family among whom we were privileged to move.
2Australian /NZ A heavy drinker.Be sure to taste the offerings from Delaware's Dogfish Head; if Barmalops, the god of beer, favors us, Randall the Enamel Animal will make an appearance (hopheads take note)!...
- This beer is a winner with beer aficionados, especially hopheads who appreciate a hoppy beer that has at least a semblance of balance.
- Grossman's Christmas present, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, is a holiday favorite among hopheads and is one of the standouts of The News Tribune's Brew Crew Winter Beer Tasting.
Rhymes
- pitch and putt
- pitch and run
- pitch-and-toss
- pitch angle
- pitch axis
- pitch-back
- pitch battle
- pitch bend
- pitch-black
- pitch-blackness
- pitchblende
- pitch block
- pitch-board
- pitch-brown
- pitch-cap
- pitch-capping
- pitch chain
- pitch circle
- pitch coal
- pitch contour
- pitch control
- pitch count
- pitch curve
- pitch-dark
- pitch darkness