highball
1 of 2noun
high·ball ˈhī-ˌbȯl 
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
highball
2 of 2verb
highballed; highballing; highballs
intransitive verb
: 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
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Example Sentences
Verb trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2022 One of her most notable ascents was The Swarm, a difficult V13/14 highball in Bishop that took her years to solve. Outside Online, 3 June 2022 Place ice cubes in a tall highball glass, add 1 ounce vodka and half of cocktail mixture to each glass. Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022 For each drink, fill a highball glass with the crushed ice and set aside. M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 In a tall highball glass, combine the lime slices and juice with the sugar and three mint leaves. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 The drink is served in a highball glass and is a yellowish green color at the bottom. Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022 Fill a highball glass nearly to the top with rocks cracked from a solid ice block, or 1-inch ice cubes, or a frozen spear of ice. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022 Rub the rim of a highball glass with cut side of lime wedge, then dip rim into salt. Odette Williams, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 See More
Noun
Strain into a highball glass and top with ginger beer. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2022 One of her most notable ascents was The Swarm, a difficult V13/14 highball in Bishop that took her years to solve. Outside Online, 3 June 2022 Place ice cubes in a tall highball glass, add 1 ounce vodka and half of cocktail mixture to each glass. Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022 For each drink, fill a highball glass with the crushed ice and set aside. M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 In a tall highball glass, combine the lime slices and juice with the sugar and three mint leaves. Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 The drink is served in a highball glass and is a yellowish green color at the bottom. Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022 Fill a highball glass nearly to the top with rocks cracked from a solid ice block, or 1-inch ice cubes, or a frozen spear of ice. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022 Rub the rim of a highball glass with cut side of lime wedge, then dip rim into salt. Odette Williams, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1894, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
1911, in the meaning defined above
highballs
verb
as in races
to proceed or move quickly trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- races
- speeds
- flies
- rushes
- bowls
- zips
- travels
- drives
- trots
- scurries
- darts
- hurries
- jumps
- barrels
- chases
- steps
- bolts
- dashes
- buzzes
- scoots
- blows
- runs
- rockets
- cannonballs
- hares
- courses
- rams
- blasts
- tears
- motors
- pelts
- breezes
- jogs
- scuttles
- humps
- careers
- belts
- shoots
- zooms
- hustles
- jets
- bustles
- bombs
- nips
- blazes
- hies
- rips
- rustles
- whirls
- bundles
- hurls
- whisks
- hurtles
- beats it
- careens
- cracks (on)
- beetles
- gallops
- hastens
- scuds
- shakes a leg
- gets a move on
- flits
- steps on it
- hotfoots (it)
- sprints
- scuffles
- makes tracks
- streaks
- whizzes
- scampers
- arrows
- stampedes
- steps out
- accelerates
- beelines
- outruns
- outpaces
- overtakes
- outstrips
- catches up
- quickens
- fast-forwards
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pokes
- creeps
- crawls
- strolls
- hangs (around or out)
- lags
- drags
- loiters
- pokes
- lingers
- shuffles
- saunters
- tarries
- dallies
- ambles
- dawdles
- slows (down or up)
- plods
- dillydallies
- lumbers
- decelerates