Meaning & use
coke heads
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Meaning
nounpluralslangoffensive
People who use cocaine heavily or regularly, used as a derogatory term.
Grammar: Always plural; the singular is 'coke head'.
Patterns
- a bunch of coke heads
- those coke heads
The police described the suspects as a group of coke heads.
He called his former friends coke heads after they got addicted.
She avoided the party because she heard there would be coke heads there.
Word forms
| singular | coke head |
|---|
Common combinations
- a bunch of coke heads
- A bunch of coke heads were hanging around the corner.
- those coke heads
- Those coke heads are not welcome here.
- call someone a coke head
- He was angry and called his brother a coke head.
- a group of coke heads
- The documentary followed a group of coke heads in the city.
Synonyms and how they differ
- cocaine addict
- A neutral, medical term; 'coke head' is slang and insulting.
- cokehead
- A common variant spelling; both are offensive.
Word family
Commonly confused: coke heads or cokehead?
coke heads vs cokehead
Spelled as one word, it means the same but is singular; 'coke heads' is the plural.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'coke heads' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Coke heads' is a plural noun, so it goes with 'they are'. 'He is a coke heads' is wrong because 'a' needs a singular noun ('coke head'). 'She coke heads' and 'I coke heads you' treat it as a verb, which it is not.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “coke heads”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.