crackhead

crack·head

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [krak-hed]
- /ˈkrækˌhɛd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [krak-hed]
- /ˈkrækˌhɛd/

Definitions of crackhead word

noun crackhead a person addicted to the drug crack 3
noun crackhead a habitual user of crack cocaine 3
noun crackhead Slang. a habitual user of cocaine in the form of crack. 1
noun crackhead A person who habitually takes crack cocaine. 1
noun crackhead (Slang) (pejorative) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. 0

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Origin of crackhead

First appearance:

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1985-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Crackhead

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Crackhead

crackhead popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

crackhead usage trend in Literature

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