Speedball

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A game resembling soccer but differing mainly in that a ball caught on the fly may be passed with the hands and points may be scored by a forward pass over the goal line.
  • n. Slang An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mix of heroin and cocaine.
  • n. Coffee with espresso.
  • n. A fastball.
  • n. A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
  • Word Usage
    "Keeping up with Keef became a deadly game in the early 1970s, when heroin - usually mixed with cocaine and injected as a "speedball" - became Richards and his partner, Anita"
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