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speedballs

speedballs is the plural of speedball.

Meaning of speedball

Noun

speedball (countable and uncountable, plural speedballs)

  1. (countable, slang) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
    • This being Camden, every passing pisshead and stoner had a theory: bad E, dehydration, alcohol poisoning, probably done a speedball.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 233
  2. (countable, slang) Coffee with espresso.
  3. (countable) A fastball.
  4. (uncountable) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
  5. (uncountable) An Egyptian racquet sport.
  6. An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
    Synonyms:
    speed bag

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Questions about speedballs

What is speedballs the plural of?
Speedballs is the plural of speedball.

Words near speedballs in the dictionary

  1. speedball
  2. speedballed
  3. speedballer
  4. speedballers
  5. speedballing
  6. speedballs
  7. speedboard
  8. speedboarder
  9. speedboarders
  10. speedboarding
  11. speedboards

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