speedball

See also: speed ball and speed-ball

English

Alternative forms

speed ball, speed-ball

Etymology

speed +‎ ball

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

speedball (countable and uncountable, plural speedballs)

(slang, countable) A mix of heroin and cocaine.
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, Hamish Hamilton, page 233:
  This being Camden, every passing pisshead and stoner had a theory: bad E, dehydration, alcohol poisoning, probably done a speedball.
(slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.
(baseball, countable) A fastball.
(uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
(uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport.
(military, aviation) An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
Synonym: speed bag

Verb

speedball (third-person singular simple present speedballs, present participle speedballing, simple past and past participle speedballed)

(intransitive) To occur fast, as if trying to finish as soon as possible.
- 2009, Alex Lemon, Happy: A Memoir
  His words start to speedball. “Youneedtobestillwhenyou're inthere.”
(intransitive, slang) To take heroin and cocaine at the same time.

Anagrams

balls deep, balls-deep