highball

Meanings

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

• To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
• To move quickly; to hightail.

Antonyms

lowball