Highball

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  highball \high"ball`\ (h[imac]"b[add]l`), n.
     1. An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey
        mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually
        served with ice in a tall glass. [WordNet sense 1]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. (Railroads) A railroad track signal permitting the
        engineer to proceed at full speed.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  highball
       n : a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a
           carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "highball":
     Mickey, Mickey Finn, aperitif, ball the jack, barrel, boom,
     bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, chaser, clip, cocktail,
     cut along, doch-an-dorrach, drink, eye-opener, fleet, flit, fly,
     fly low, foot, go fast, hotfoot, hustle, knockout drops,
     make knots, mixed drink, nightcap, nip, outstrip the wind,
     parting cup, pour it on, pousse-cafe, punch, rip, run, rush,
     scorch, sizzle, skim, speed, stirrup cup, storm along, sundowner,
     sweep, tear, tear along, thunder along, wee doch-an-dorrach, whisk,
     whiz, zing, zip, zoom