head shop

noun

: a shop specializing in articles (such as hashish pipes and roach clips) of interest to drug users

Examples of head shop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Getting one used to involve handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or a head shop. —James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025

Any trippy-looking mushroom products available for sale at gas stations and head shops are likely unlawful and may contain synthetic compounds designed to mimic psilocybin’s effects. —Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2025

President Joe Biden commuted the federal drug sentence of the former owner of an infamous downtown Duluth head shop. —Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2024

Louisville, Kentucky, was ranked the worst weed city with just .6 head shops per 100,000 residents, followed by Dallas, Atlanta and Houston. —Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for head shop

• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop
• blacktop
• bookshop
• clatsop
• desktop
• eavesdrop
• estop
• hardtop
• hilltop