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speedball
[ speed-bawl ]
noun
- a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
- Slang. any combination of a stimulant and a depressant taken together, especially a mixture of heroin and cocaine or heroin and methamphetamine injected into the bloodstream.
verb (used without object)
- Slang. to take a speedball, especially by injection.
speedball
/ ˈspiːdˌbɔːl /
noun
- slang.a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine
Word History and Origins
Origin of speedball1
Example Sentences
Blink-182 were powering through one pop-punk burner after another, a virtually sold-out Climate Pledge Arena crowd hanging on every cymbal crash and speedball harmony.
Use the Speedball Lino, U nib for everything in between the outline.
Then carve the outline with the Speedball Lino, V nib.
The combination of an opiate with a stimulant — commonly called a “speedball” — has become increasingly popular, said Daniel Ciccarone, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco who studies drugs.
All the scene needed was Bruce Springsteen playing in the back, “I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school. He could throw that speedball by you, make you look like a fool.”
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