highball

high·ball

H0191300 (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.

highball

(ˈhaɪˌbɔːl) n1. (Cookery) a long iced drink consisting of a spirit base with water, soda water, etc2. (Railways) (originally in railway use) a signal that the way ahead is clear and one may proceedvb3. (intr) to move at great speed4. (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]

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. 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. v.i. 3. Slang. to move at full speed. [1880–85]

highball

Past participle: highballed
Gerund: highballing

Imperative
highball
highball

Present
I highball
you highball
he/she/it highballs
we highball
you highball
they highball

Preterite
I highballed
you highballed
he/she/it highballed
we highballed
you highballed
they highballed

Present Continuous
I am highballing
you are highballing
he/she/it is highballing
we are highballing
you are highballing
they are highballing

Present Perfect
I have highballed
you have highballed
he/she/it has highballed
we have highballed
you have highballed
they have highballed

Past Continuous
I was highballing
you were highballing
he/she/it was highballing
we were highballing
you were highballing
they were highballing

Past Perfect
I had highballed
you had highballed
he/she/it had highballed
we had highballed
you had highballed
they had highballed

Future
I will highball
you will highball
he/she/it will highball
we will highball
you will highball
they will highball

Future Perfect
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
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
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
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
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
I would highball
you would highball
he/she/it would highball
we would highball
you would highball
they would highball

Past Conditional
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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glassmixed drink - made of two or more ingredientscobbler - tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruitTom Collins, collins - tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juicegin and tonic - gin and quinine waterjulep, mint julep - bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed iceScotch and soda - a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club sodasling - a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juicezombi, zombie - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

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.Informal: hotfoot, rip.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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