speedball

speed·ball

 (spēd′bôl′)

n.

1. A game resembling soccer but differing mainly in that a ball caught on the fly may be passed with the hands and points may be scored by a forward pass over the goal line.

2. Slang An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.

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speedball

(ˈspiːdˌbɔːl)

n

(Recreational Drugs) slang a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine

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speed•ball

(ˈspidˌbɔl)

n.

1. 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.

2. to take a speedball.

[1930–35, Amer.]

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Translations

speedball

[ˈspiːdbɔːl] N

1. (= game) → speedball m

2. (= drugs) → chute m de cocaína con heroína

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