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speedball
[ speed-bawl ]
/ ˈspidˌbɔl /
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for speedball
speedball
/ (ˈspiːdˌbɔːl) /
noun
slang a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine
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