speed
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8.2
- noun
- /spiːd/
- NSFW
- I ended up doing speed with him 'til it got out of control.
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Watch on YouTubeStarted with cannabis, Blues, speed, coke, crack.
- Started with cannabis, Blues, speed, coke, crack.
- Xanax, Klonopin, Adderall, Percocet, Ritalin, any kind of speed.
- So anyway, this particular Saturday I bought, they were dealing in again amphetamine speed and ecstasy, the doves.
- I just drank water and took the recreational drug like weed, ecstasy, speed.
Examples
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Boys and girls for whom speed is a drug, the streets are their home.
Fiction book (1997) -
Onshore, Bev and I hung out, buying records, taking speed, and going dancing at the Damn Shame.
Fiction book (1999) -
I used to do speed.
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Amphetamines, another category of drug, are often used to control appetite and speed body responses.
Academic text (1991) -
Before football games, he'd popped little white speed pills, and once he'd snorted cocaine.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many athletes have struggled with addiction to speed during their careers.
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He admitted to using speed to cope with the pressures of his job.
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The documentary highlighted the dangers of speed and its impact on mental health.
Synonyms
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7.2
A drug made by people that speeds up the brain, treats ADHD and narcolepsy, and is sometimes misused
7
8.8
A drug that makes you feel more awake and less hungry
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7.5
A pill that makes you more alert and less tired
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
A constant speed at which light travels in empty space, about 300,000 kilometres per second
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3.0
A sport where people race on ice skates around an oval track to get the fastest time
- Offensive
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9.6
A person who often uses drugs that make you more active, like amphetamines
- Specialized
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4.1
How fast one object moves compared to another, for example two cars
- Specialized
1
5.3
A very hard metal used for cutting tools that stays hard when hot
- Specialized
A machine that pulls and slightly twists fibers to make a loose rope for spinning
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Etymology
Speed as a slang name for the drug is a simple nickname: people called amphetamine 'speed' because it makes you feel energetic and move or think faster. So the drug name speed comes from its effect of increasing energy and speed.