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ˈspeedball
Also speed-ball, speed ball.
[speed n.]
1. a. A dose of a drug, esp. a mixture of cocaine and morphine or of cocaine and heroin. slang (orig. U.S.).
1909R. Beach Silver Horde v. 58 You must have fed him a speed-ball, for I never saw a guy gear up so fast... He's developed a remarkable burst of speed. 1935N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 69 Speedball, a mixture of coke and morph which is much in demand among drug addicts. 1953W. Burroughs Junkie xiv. 139 A shot of morphine would be nice later when I was ready to sleep, or, better, a speedball, half cocaine, half morphine. 1964Guardian 18 Apr. 6/3 To give a nobbler eighteen months for slipping a speedball in a greyhound's breakfast is like tossing up a ball and then punishing it for having the effrontery to bounce. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xv. 291 The ‘speedball’, a mixture of cocaine and heroin, is frequently employed to modulate the extreme feelings of excitement.
b. A glass of wine, spec. when strengthened by additional alcohol or spirits. U.S. slang.
1926Amer. Speech I. 653 Speed-balls, wine. 1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 215 Speed balls, sherry wine. These days it may be any wine, even dago red. 1931G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 178 Speedball, a glass of wine, more especially when ‘doped’ or made stronger by the addition of some alcohol, ether or strong spirits.
2. a. A ball-game resembling soccer, but in which a ball caught in the air may be passed by hand (see quot. 1976). U.S.
1923Amer. Boy Jan. 24 (heading) Speedball—a new boys' game. Ibid. 25/1 Rychener..called out to Coach Mitchell, ‘This is certainly a speedy game. Let's call it speedball.’ 1928Sportswoman Oct. 22/2 Speedball furnishes exercise for the whole body—legs, trunk, arms. 1933Jrnl. Health & Phys. Educ. Oct. 38/1 Speedball has gained popularity until it is now used by high schools, private schools, teachers' colleges, and universities from coast to coast. 1946E. D. Mitchell in Fox & Davies Official Soccer-Speedball Guide It is fitting that this particular year should be a reminder to me to see what has been happening to Speedball... It was twenty-five years ago in the Fall of 1921, at the University of Michigan, that it was first played. 1961J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sport 413 The conversion of a ground ball to an aerial ball is the essential difference between speedball and soccer. 1976Webster's Sports Dict. 410/1 Speedball, a game played between 2 teams of 11 players on a football field with the object of kicking a ball between the uprights of the goal or passing the ball over the end line to score and preventing the opposing team from scoring.
b. Boxing. A type of small, fast punch-ball.
1955F. Mills Learn Boxing with Me v. 72 The platform pear ball is not an easy ball to punch... The ball to use is the small-type speedball, weighing about nine to ten ounces. The heavier kinds are too slow to be beneficial. 1975Oliver & Riley Boxing ix. 46 Gyms vary in..the amount of equipment..available. Essentially what is needed is a ring, punch-balls, speed-balls, heavy bags and punching-pads. |