speedball

plural speedballs · alternative speed ball · alternative speed-ball

1. countableslangA mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.

   This being Camden, every passing pisshead and stoner had a theory: bad E, dehydration, alcohol poisoning, probably done a speedball.

   2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 233

   Synonyms: powerball, over and under

2. countableslangCoffee with espresso.
3. countableball gamesA fastball.
4. uncountablehobbiesA competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
5. uncountablehobbiesAn Egyptian racquet sport.
6. countableuncountableaeronauticsAn improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.

   Synonyms: speed bag

7. countableuncountableboxingSynonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).

   Synonyms: speed bag

present singular third person speedballs · participle present speedballing · participle past speedballed · past speedballed · alternative speed ball · alternative speed-ball

1. intransitiveTo occur fast, as if trying to finish as soon as possible.

   His words start to speedball. “Youneedtobestillwhenyou're inthere.”

   2009, Alex Lemon, Happy: A Memoir

2. intransitiveslangTo take heroin and cocaine at the same time.