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
Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 9 July 2024
Additionally, most highballs are usually served on ice.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 9 July 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for highball 
Noun
This cocktail glass guide highlights all the drinkware home bar needs—like the coupe, the highball, the double rocks glass—as well as other glasses for most specific drinks.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 9 July 2024
Additionally, most highballs are usually served on ice.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 9 July 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for highball
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“Highball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highball. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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