SPEEDBALL


Meaning of SPEEDBALL in English

/speed"bawl'/ , n.

1. a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.

2. Slang. any combination of a stimulant and a depressant taken together, esp. a mixture of heroin and cocaine or heroin and methamphetamine injected into the bloodstream.

v.i.

3. Slang. to take a speedball, esp. by injection.

[ 1940-45; SPEED + BALL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .