HIGHBALLING Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

highballing

verb

present participle of highball

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping

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Some city and agency officials wondered about the effects of cars speeding past old buildings or museums with precious art inside.

— Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Helicopter footage captured by local CBS and NBC affiliates showed the blue motorcycle speeding on surface streets, with the rider wearing a mask and often appearing to be talking on his phone, and at least once, standing up on his bike.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of speeding

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Offering a 35% incentive aimed at stiffening up jobs here and enticing post-production to relocate to the Golden State, AB 2319 is racing toward a vote in the state Senate by next week once the bill is in final shape.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
In this dawning age of artificial intelligence, tech companies are racing to train and run their large language models using massive data centers that guzzle electricity and strain resources.

— Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of racing

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That’s how Drake Maye ended his latest two-minute drill at Patriots training camp Monday, a meandering march that began around midfield and ended with Maye hurrying the offense to the 3-yard line with 10 seconds on the clock.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026

Definition of hurrying

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The duo bicker, both in person and over the phone, as their uneasy dynamic proves to be the show’s driving force yet again.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
And with the war in Iran already driving up energy and transportation costs, businesses have less room to absorb another hit.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of driving

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The defense, which also received an influx of talent through the portal, hopes to improve on finishing near the bottom of the conference in scoring, rushing and passing defense categories.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Raleek Brown transferred from Arizona State after rushing for 1,141 yards last season while Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman, a transfer from Auburn, give Texas one of the most talented wide receiver duos in the country.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of rushing

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Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir will lead an official delegation traveling to Tehran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, citing Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Early Friday morning, rock band Buckcherry was involved in a car crash while traveling for its Roar Like Thunder Tour.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

Hikers often spot these charismatic creatures perched on boulders or scurrying through wildflowers.

— Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Set on a stage at the very highest level of the stands, that similarly crowded performance looked like a Grammys medley on video but must have resembled ants scurrying around a screensaver to much of the in-person audience.

— Judy Berman, Time, 19 July 2026

Definition of scurrying

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