crack addict
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6.1
- noun
- /kræk ˈædɪkt/
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- Many crack addicts face significant challenges when trying to reintegrate into society.
- a former crack addict
- a recovering crack addict
- a pregnant crack addict
I'll take this one because again, this is all this is like meeting a childhood friend only to find out that he's like a crack addict now and like homeless.
- I'll take this one because again, this is all this is like meeting a childhood friend only to find out that he's like a crack addict now and like homeless.
- But just like a crack addict, his body has become so dependent on the high of that drug and would experience extreme pain if that drug was withdrawn.
- Yeah, we we tend to love the cardboard testimonies of just like crack addict housewife.
Examples
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My mom was a crack addict.
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That man is a well-known crack addict... a heroin user, a bottom-feeding petty thug... with a police record 14 feet long.
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His aunt is a crack addict, his uncle is in and out of jail.
Fiction book (2001) -
The woman that gave birth to me was a crack addict and a prostitute.
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When I went through treatment, I was roomed with a crack addict who had sores like this.
Blog text (28) -
You'll remember several months ago the agency tried to put together a court case to prosecute a pregnant crack addict.
Fiction book (1994) -
My mother was a crack addict who threw me out of our home when I was 11 because her boyfriend, also a crack addict, thought I ate too much.
Fiction book (1998) -
I've got to get up at dawn and teach Emily Dickinson to a bunch of upper middle-class crack addicts.
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The support group meets every week to help crack addicts recover from their addiction.
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After years of struggle, he finally accepted that he was a crack addict and sought help.
Synonyms
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4.3
A person who cannot stop using a drug or activity because they need it
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8.6
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
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3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
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9.9
A person who uses the illegal drug crack and cannot stop
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9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
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5.5
A person who keeps using cocaine even though it harms them
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9.9
A person who uses cocaine and often cannot stop
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9.9
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs
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9.6
A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
A person who is addicted to crack and uses it in binges
How Addicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'crack' names the drug and 'addict' names a person dependent on a substance, so 'crack addict' straightforwardly means a person addicted to crack. This noun + noun/nominal modifier pattern is common across languages and follows an obvious semantic combination that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Crack addict comes from the drug crack and the word addict. The drug got the name crack from the sharp 'crack' sound it made when heated and smoked, and addict means someone who cannot stop using a drug, so crack addict means 'a person who is addicted to crack cocaine'.