1
: an iced drink containing liquor (such as whiskey) and water or a carbonated beverage (such as ginger ale) and served in a tall glass
2
: a railroad signal for a train to proceed at full speed
highballed; highballing; highballs
: to go at full or high speed
a highballing express train
Synonyms
Verb
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Examples of highball in a Sentence
Verb
trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping
Recent Examples on the Web
Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Layne admitted to drinking a half-dozen highballs, but in December was acquitted by a jury after 24 minutes of deliberation.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
There are six types of highballs alone, and Weeks recommends the Cold Blooded.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
The house Martini features garlic-bread vodka made in-house and extra-large olives, while the Belmar Special turns an espresso Martini into a highball.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
The several highballs on the menu are examples of the drink that’s so popular in Japan, with options like the O.G. (just Suntory Toki whiskey and soda water, $12) and the lemon umezu (with gin, plum vinegar, lemon and soda, $10).
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
Andy’s Pizza — the local pizzeria whose cheese pizza took the top prize at the prestigious International Pizza Expo in 2021 — has moved into a new space in Shaw, complete with a bar pouring craft beers and frozen cocktails, as well as a soda machine pouring highballs.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
At the same time, the cozy, moodily dark lobby was conceived to be a communal social space — rare for Japan, a country where lodging tends to be more cloistered — for locals and tourists to work on their laptops or drink highballs with friends.
—Kurt Soller M.h. Miller Angela Koh Rachel Felder Chris Schalkx, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Found at Tamayo by Chef Richard Sandoval in Denver, The Kansas City Rickey is a fun and refreshing take on a classic American highball.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
Noun
Some, like the paloma with housemade grapefruit soda and a choice of mezcal, tequila or Chacho, and the Lemongrass Mule, where vodka or gin are paired with a house lemongrass syrup and ginger beer, are easy-sipping highballs for clubbing.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Layne admitted to drinking a half-dozen highballs, but in December was acquitted by a jury after 24 minutes of deliberation.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
There are six types of highballs alone, and Weeks recommends the Cold Blooded.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
The house Martini features garlic-bread vodka made in-house and extra-large olives, while the Belmar Special turns an espresso Martini into a highball.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
The several highballs on the menu are examples of the drink that’s so popular in Japan, with options like the O.G. (just Suntory Toki whiskey and soda water, $12) and the lemon umezu (with gin, plum vinegar, lemon and soda, $10).
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
Andy’s Pizza — the local pizzeria whose cheese pizza took the top prize at the prestigious International Pizza Expo in 2021 — has moved into a new space in Shaw, complete with a bar pouring craft beers and frozen cocktails, as well as a soda machine pouring highballs.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
At the same time, the cozy, moodily dark lobby was conceived to be a communal social space — rare for Japan, a country where lodging tends to be more cloistered — for locals and tourists to work on their laptops or drink highballs with friends.
—Kurt Soller M.h. Miller Angela Koh Rachel Felder Chris Schalkx, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Found at Tamayo by Chef Richard Sandoval in Denver, The Kansas City Rickey is a fun and refreshing take on a classic American highball.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
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“Highball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highball. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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