Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speedball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: speed-ball
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.

Countable; Slang

noun

Coffee with espresso.

Countable; Slang

noun

Countable

noun

A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.

Uncountable

noun

An Egyptian racquet sport.

Uncountable

noun

An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To occur fast, as if trying to finish as soon as possible.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"This being Camden, every passing pisshead and stoner had a theory: bad E, dehydration, alcohol poisoning, probably done a speedball."
"His words start to speedball. “Youneedtobestillwhenyou're inthere.”"

Etymology

From speed + ball.

Usage

Inflected Forms

speedballs (plural) speed ball (alternative) speed-ball (alternative) speedballs (present, singular) speedballing (participle, present) speedballed (participle, past) speedballed (past)

Derived Forms

speedballer

Synonyms

powerball over and under speed bag

Questions

What does speedball mean?: A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
Where does speedball come from?: From speed + ball.

How to pronounce speedball

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