1. a person who is addicted to or frequently uses narcotic drugs, especially opium
Usage: slang; dated

Examples

• The old detective novel featured a hophead as one of the suspects.
• In the 1940s, jazz musicians were sometimes unfairly stereotyped as hopheads.
• The term hophead was commonly used in mid-20th century crime fiction.
• Police records from that era often used the slang term hophead.
• The rehabilitation center helped many hopheads recover from their addictions.