highball.
A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From high + ball, of the same railroad origins as lowball.
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.
To move quickly; to hightail.
Where this word comes from
From high + ball, of the same railroad origins as lowball.
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