eightball

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:47 a.m.

1/8 ounce of cocaine (or another drug)

Categories Quantities

Collocates corner³, flip³, kilo³, slang³, gram², ki², move², O.Z.², quarter², rock², slab², bands, bitch, bitch, blow, blunt, brick, cake, cake, coke, dog, dime, dope-fiend, dough, fiend, fo shizzle, front, game, homie, lamp, mine, ounce, powder, serve, sherm, trick, 20, white, yo, I'mma

Domains Drug Sales

Etymology from the mid-1980s

Synonyms eighth

Related concepts 20, 50, bag, balloon, dime, dime bag, dub, hundred-pack, nick, nickel, nickel bag, ounce, pound, quarter, sack, trey

Rhymes call, small

Timeline

1990-03-26 Digital Underground "The Danger Zone" [Sex Packets]
Get a twenty, a forty or an eightball
1991-01-22 Spice 1 "187 Proof (Part 1)" [Let It Be Known]
Mickey and his boy Old D were slangin' eightballs
1994 Lil Slim "Powder Shop" [Powder Shop]
Servin' 20-sacks and them bitches was illegal, eightball, sixteen, eight quarters, and even ounces

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eightball

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:47 a.m.

Olde English 800 malt liquor

Collocates bitch², 211, blaze up, bud, cold, ends, faded, flip, gangsta, gone, ill, ill, indo, joint, yayo, run a train, St. Ides, sucker, talk shit, uzi

Domains Alcohol

Synonyms 8, O.E., Olde E, Olde Gold

Related concepts 40, 40 dog, 64, Crooked I, pop, ST, St. Ides

Rhymes call², y'all

Timeline

1986 Toddy Tee "Just Say No" feat. Mix Master Spade [Just Say No]
We're all goin down, drinkin nasty 8 ball
1987-11-06 N.W.A. "Drink It Up" feat. The D.O.C., Fila Fresh Crew [N.W.A. & The Posse]
I just drink 8-balls, because it's cheaper to buy
1987-11-06 N.W.A. "Boyz-N-The-Hood" [N.W.A. & The Posse]
From the 8-ball my breath start stinking

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