hophead
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of hophead
First recorded in 1910–15; hop 2 (in the sense “a narcotic drug”) + head (in the sense “habitual user of a drug”)
Example Sentences
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Hophead, a beer enthusiast: A hophead once said with a hiss, “I know beer and it clearly ain’t this. Beer is hearty and bold And delicious when cold; This just tastes like a pint of warm ... Budweiser.”
From Washington Post
I says no thank you I have all the women I can take care of now if I married a wife she’d probably turn out to be a hophead or something.
From Literature
Ahead of Saturday’s last 16 match between Uruguay and Portugal in Sochi, football fans who visited the HopHead Tap Room bar in St Petersburg were given a chance to turn the tables on Luis Suarez and take a bite out of the Uruguay striker.
From Reuters
The tap list covers the style bases, from the hoppy to the dark-and-roasty styles, with plenty of IPA variations to satisfy the finicky hophead.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, a hophead has to drink.
From Los Angeles Times
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