SPEEDBALL


Meaning of SPEEDBALL in English

I. ˈspēd-ˌbȯl noun

Date: 1905

1. slang : a dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or morphine or an amphetamine and usually taken by injection

2. : a game which resembles soccer but in which a ball caught in the air may be passed with the hands and in which a score is made by kicking or heading the ball between the goalposts or by a successful forward pass over the goal line

3. : one that is outstandingly fast

II. intransitive verb

Date: 1970

slang : to take a speedball especially by injection

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.