Sekirov Dictionary

highball

/ˈhaɪˌbɑl/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
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Clipping of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.
- It's great for serving heavier drinks in. Highballs and pint glasses are excellent substitutes. — 2021
•
A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
- Austrian all rounder Alex Luger climbs what he describes as a highball boulder problem and what most people would call a solo. — 2014
(US) An all clear or full speed ahead signal.

verb2

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To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
- If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200.
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(slang, old-fashioned) To move quickly; to hightail.
- Booster-equipped 628 highballs west at Glen Lake, Minn., back in 1947. — 1959

forms

highballed · highballing · highballs

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