speedball

[speed-bawl] /ˈspidˌbɔl/

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

1940-45; speed + ball¹

Examples from the web for speedball

speedball's special powers came in the form of bouncing off walls.
Some heroin abusers use a combination of heroin and cocaine, known as a speedball.

British Dictionary definitions for speedball

speedball

/ˈspiːdˌbɔːl/

noun

(slang) a mixture of heroin with amphetamine or cocaine

speedball in Medicine

speedball speed·ball (spēd'bôl')
n.
An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.

Slang definitions & phrases for speedball

speedball

noun

A dose of a stimulant and a depressant mixed, esp of heroin and cocaine: smack, coke, reefers, acid, speedballs (snorting cocaine and heroin together), a ''luxury'' (1909+ Narcotics)

verb

To produce rapidly; expedite: I could have the agency speedball you a nice layout (1980s+)