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high·ball
(hī′bôl′)n.
1. A cocktail served in a tall glass and consisting of liquor, such as whiskey, mixed with water or a carbonated beverage.
2.
a. A railroad signal indicating full speed ahead.
b. A high-speed train.
intr.v. high·balled, high·ball·ing, high·balls Slang
To move ahead at full speed.
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highball
(ˈhaɪˌbɔːl)n
1. (Cookery) a long iced drink consisting of a spirit base with water, soda water, etc
2. (Railways) (originally in railway use) a signal that the way ahead is clear and one may proceed
vb
3. (intr) to move at great speed
4. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to drive (a vehicle) at great speed
[C19: (in sense 2) from the early railway signal consisting of a ball hoisted to the top of a pole]
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high•ball
(ˈhaɪˌbɔl)n.
1. a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
2.
v.i. a. a signal to start a train that is given with the hand or with a lamp.
b. a signal for a train to move at full speed.
3. Slang. to move at full speed.
[1880–85]
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highball
Past participle: highballed
Gerund: highballing
| Imperative |
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| highball |
| highball |
| Present |
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| I highball |
| you highball |
| he/she/it highballs |
| we highball |
| you highball |
| they highball |
| Preterite |
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| I highballed |
| you highballed |
| he/she/it highballed |
| we highballed |
| you highballed |
| they highballed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am highballing |
| you are highballing |
| he/she/it is highballing |
| we are highballing |
| you are highballing |
| they are highballing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have highballed |
| you have highballed |
| he/she/it has highballed |
| we have highballed |
| you have highballed |
| they have highballed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was highballing |
| you were highballing |
| he/she/it was highballing |
| we were highballing |
| you were highballing |
| they were highballing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had highballed |
| you had highballed |
| he/she/it had highballed |
| we had highballed |
| you had highballed |
| they had highballed |
| Future |
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| I will highball |
| you will highball |
| he/she/it will highball |
| we will highball |
| you will highball |
| they will highball |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have highballed |
| you will have highballed |
| he/she/it will have highballed |
| we will have highballed |
| you will have highballed |
| they will have highballed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be highballing |
| you will be highballing |
| he/she/it will be highballing |
| we will be highballing |
| you will be highballing |
| they will be highballing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been highballing |
| you have been highballing |
| he/she/it has been highballing |
| we have been highballing |
| you have been highballing |
| they have been highballing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been highballing |
| you will have been highballing |
| he/she/it will have been highballing |
| we will have been highballing |
| you will have been highballing |
| they will have been highballing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been highballing |
| you had been highballing |
| he/she/it had been highballing |
| we had been highballing |
| you had been highballing |
| they had been highballing |
| Conditional |
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| I would highball |
| you would highball |
| he/she/it would highball |
| we would highball |
| you would highball |
| they would highball |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have highballed |
| you would have highballed |
| he/she/it would have highballed |
| we would have highballed |
| you would have highballed |
| they would have highballed |
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Noun 1. [画像:highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass]highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
mixed drink - made of two or more ingredients
cobbler - tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit
Tom Collins, collins - tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
gin and tonic - gin and quinine water
julep, mint julep - bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
Scotch and soda - a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda
sling - a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
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highball
verbSlang. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Slang: barrel.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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