highball

Plural: highballs

Noun

• a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
• A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
• An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
• A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
• Clipping of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.

Verb

Verb Forms: highballed, highballing, highballs

• To move or travel at a high speed.
• To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
• To move quickly; to hightail.

Examples

• If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200.
• With a blank and two ’S’ tiles, he could HIGHBALL across the board.

Antonyms

lowball

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