speed freak

speed freak

A drug user who abuses or is addicted to an amphetamine, especially methamphetamine (also known as "speed"). This state is a thoroughfare for methamphetamine to the rest of the country, so it's little wonder that there are so many speed freaks here.
See also: freak, speed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

speed freak

and speedhead
n. a drug user who injects methamphetamine; an amphetamine user. (Drugs and general slang.) Speed freaks, not heroin addicts, account for a high proportion of drug-related crime.
See also: freak, speed
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • speedhead
  • meth
  • meth head
  • meth monster
  • tweeked
  • tweaker
  • tweak
  • tweaked
  • pep
  • pep pill
References in periodicals archive
No attempt is made to analyze the many social or psychological variables which pre-date involvement in the speed scene, since these factors appear to be less important in determining what happens to an individual who involves himself in speed use than such factors as drug availability, subjective interpretations of the drug experience, the quality of social interactions, the sanctions which the community imposes on certain types of behavior, and the crucial problems which the speed freak is forced to confront as a result of his particular pattern of drug use.
The world of the Haight-Ashbury speed freak
SPEED FREAK Oz Coatsworth on the salt plains of Utah astride his DIY machine
Oz is in a real hurry to make TV history; Man's attempt to smash a land speed record
Prescribed Ritalin for his ADD, Lou Taylor Pucci (above) turns from thumb-sucking geek to arrogant babbling speed freak. A curious little picture, mildly amusing, engagingly even-handed.
MONDAY
Dom and Brian recruit a topnotch crew of familiar faces - fast-talking Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), technical wizard Tej (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), drift racer Han (Sung Kang), speed freak Gisele (Gal Gadot) and bickering double-act Leo (Tego Calderon) and Santos (Don Mar).
Stunts swing into high gear
SPEED FREAK: Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) above, in The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, and one of the exciting chase scenes, left
Surprise end saves the day for drift racer; The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (12A) ***
Speed freak Ewan, 31, famous for his love of motorbikes, bought the car while working with Renee Zellwegger on his new movie, Down with Love, a 1960s romantic comedy.
Racy Ewan buys Dean machine
The speed freak festival also includes displays by Funny Cars, Top Fuel Bikes, Rocket Cars and much more.
Dragster Racing: My nine seconds of terror with drag queen Paula
Fire the needle up past 8, 000rpm and that same old rush is still there with enough acceleration to satisfy the most ardent speed freak.
on two wheels: Gixxer's a little star
No dude, turns out he was a speed freak. Speed, Andy, is the Devil's drug.
Darker my love
"I'm a speed freak," she admits, "skiing is all I ever wanted to do."
Winter Olympics: SUPER CHEMMY IS LOOKING TO STEAL THE SHOW IN THE SNOW
IDIOT Police film of Saxby clocking 139mph on Yamaha SPEED FREAK Saxby, left, with King after being stopped.
YEAR JAIL FOR 139MPH BIKER WHO LAUGHED IN COP'S FACE; Judge 'makes example' of him
"He's never been much of speed freak, but this is his new hobby.
The Diary: Gazz Guzzlers; Star spends pounds 60,000 on Harley superbikes
Speed freak Ollie leaves scrambling up trees to other squirrels as he takes his jet-ski out for a spin.
I'm nuts about my jet-ski; Squirrel Ollie is a real waterbaby
SPEED freak Lewis Hamilton could soon be making sweet music with girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.
Lewis tunes up with Nic; F1 CHAMP AND PUSSYCAT TO DUET
After another brush with the law in America, which threatens to land him with a custodial sentence, speed freak Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is shipped off to Japan to learn discipline from his estranged father, Major Boswell (Brian Goodman).
PEDAL TO THE METAL; video and dvd reviews THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT ** 12