speedball
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noun
1.
a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
2.
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)
3.
Slang. to take a speedball, especially by injection.
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| —n | |
| slang a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine | |
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Medical Dictionary
speedball speed·ball (spēd'bôl')
n.
An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.
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Slang Dictionary
speedball definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Speedball's special powers came in the form of bouncing off walls.
Some heroin abusers use a combination of heroin and cocaine, known as a speedball.
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