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high·ball
(hī′bôl′)n.
1. A cocktail served in a tall glass and consisting of liquor, such as whiskey, mixed with water or a carbonated beverage.
2.
a. A railroad signal indicating full speed ahead.
b. A high-speed train.
intr.v. high·balled, high·ball·ing, high·balls Slang
To move ahead at full speed.
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highball
(ˈhaɪˌbɔːl)n
1. (Cookery) a long iced drink consisting of a spirit base with water, soda water, etc
2. (Railways) (originally in railway use) a signal that the way ahead is clear and one may proceed
vb
3. (intr) to move at great speed
4. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to drive (a vehicle) at great speed
[C19: (in sense 2) from the early railway signal consisting of a ball hoisted to the top of a pole]
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high•ball
(ˈhaɪˌbɔl)n.
1. a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
2.
v.i. a. a signal to start a train that is given with the hand or with a lamp.
b. a signal for a train to move at full speed.
3. Slang. to move at full speed.
[1880–85]
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highball
Past participle: highballed
Gerund: highballing
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| Noun | 1. |  highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glassmixed drink - made of two or more ingredients cobbler - tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit Tom Collins, collins - tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice gin and tonic - gin and quinine water julep, mint julep - bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice Scotch and soda - a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda sling - a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice |
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highball
verbSlang. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Slang: barrel.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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