highball

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
2. noun An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
3. noun A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
4. noun Clipping of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.
5. verb 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.

6. verb To move quickly; to hightail.

Similar words

highball glass hot with greyhound hooch hibiscus hootch hot whisky hot toddy half and half hobnob

Often followed by

glass glasses and in or with at for to

Word family

highballed highballing highballs