crackhead

[ krak-hed ]

noun

, Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a habitual user of cocaine in the form of crack.

crackhead

/ ˈkrækˌhɛd /

noun

1. slang.
   a person addicted to the drug crack

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”)

Example Sentences

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.

From BBC

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

“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.”

From Los Angeles Times

“He looks like a crackhead to me!”

From Washington Times