Speedball

Quick meaning: Speedball is a noun meaning (baseball, countable) A fastball.

Meaning

(baseball, countable) A fastball.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
2. (uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport.
3. (boxing) Synonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).
4. (intransitive) To occur fast, as if trying to finish as soon as possible.
5. (military, aviation) An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
6. (slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
7. (slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.

Example Sentences

His words start to speedball. “Youneedtobestillwhenyou're inthere.”

This being Camden, every passing pisshead and stoner had a theory: bad E, dehydration, alcohol poisoning, probably done a speedball.

Word Forms

• speedballs
• speed ball
• speed-ball
• speedballing
• speedballed

Synonyms for speedball

Depending on context, synonyms include powerball.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include powerball, speedballer, killerball, b-ball, stickball, fastball.

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