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語源

speed +‎ ball

発音

名詞

speedball (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 speedballs)

1. (slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.

   Synonyms: powerball, over and under

   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, Hamish Hamilton, page 233:

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

2. (slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.
3. (baseball, countable) A fastball.
4. (uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
5. (uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport.
6. (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.

   Synonym: speed bag

動詞

speedball (三人称単数 現在形 speedballs, 現在分詞 speedballing, 過去形および過去分詞形 speedballed)

1. (intransitive) To occur fast, as if trying to finish as soon as possible.
   • 2009, Alex Lemon, Happy: A Memoir‎^[1]:

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

2. (intransitive, slang) To take heroin and cocaine at the same time.

アナグラム

• balls deep, balls-deep