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- [hahy-bawl]
- /ˈhaɪˌbɔl/
- /ˈhaɪ.bɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-bawl]
- /ˈhaɪˌbɔl/
Definitions of highball word
- noun highball a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass. 1
- noun highball Railroads. a signal to start a train, given with the hand or with a lamp. a signal for a train to move at full speed. 1
- noun highball Military Slang. a hand salute. 1
- verb without object highball Slang. to move at full speed. 1
- verb with object highball to signal to (the engineer of a train) to proceed. 1
- noun highball A drink consisting of whiskey and a mixer such as soda or ginger ale, served with ice in a tall glass. 1
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Origin of highball
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1880-85; high + ball1
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Parts of speech for Highball
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
highball popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
highball usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for highball
noun highball
- jar — Java archive
- jug — a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.
- bottle — A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept. Bottles are usually round with straight sides and a narrow top.
- cup — A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic.
- beaker — A beaker is a plastic cup used for drinking, usually one with no handle.
verb highball
- attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
Antonyms for highball
verb highball
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
noun highball
- heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- goodbye — a farewell.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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