speedball

speed·ball

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speed-bawl]
- /ˈspidˌbɔl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speed-bawl]
- /ˈspidˌbɔl/

Definitions of speedball word

noun speedball a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands. 1
noun speedball 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. 1
verb without object speedball Slang. to take a speedball, especially by injection. 1
noun speedball a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine 0
noun speedball a dose of a depressant mixed with a stimulant, as heroin or morphine mixed with cocaine or an amphetamine 0

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Origin of speedball

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45; speed + ball1

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Parts of speech for Speedball

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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speedball popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for speedball

adj speedball

alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
chop chop — pidgin English for quickly

noun speedball

cocaine — Cocaine is a powerful drug which some people take for pleasure, but which they can become addicted to.
coke — Coke is a solid black substance that is produced from coal and is burned as a fuel.
freebase — to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.
happy dust — cocaine.
mojo — the art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.

adjective speedball

expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.

All 25 Synonyms of speedball