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countable and uncountable, plural speedballs
(slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs. quotations
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, page 233
(slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.
(baseball, countable) A fastball. examples
(uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball. examples
(uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport. examples
(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.
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. quotations examples
His words start to speedball. “Youneedtobestillwhenyou're inthere.”
2009, Alex Lemon, Happy: A Memoir
(intransitive, slang) To take heroin and cocaine at the same time.