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单词 speedball
释义

speedball

[ speed-bawl ]
/ ˈspidˌbɔl /
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noun

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

verb (used without object)

Slang. to take a speedball, especially by injection.

Origin of speedball

First recorded in 1940–45; speed + ball1

Words nearby speedball

speech sound, speech therapy, speechway, speechwriter, speed, speedball, speedboat, speedboating, speed brake, speed bump, speed camera
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British Dictionary definitions for speedball

speedball
/ (ˈspiːdˌbɔːl) /

noun

slang a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for speedball

speedball
[ spēdbôl′ ]

n.

An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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