highball
7
7.3
- noun
- /ˈhaɪbɔl/
:
cóctel largo
- Tom is drinking a rye highball with his meal, and Myra has a cocktail with a cherry in it.
- a highball glass
- drink a highball
- ice in a highball
I'm going to give the mango highball to George.
- I'm going to give the mango highball to George.
Examples
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After a long week, she enjoyed a highball while relaxing on the patio.
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Dad ordered her a highball, another round for himself.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'll have a highball, too.
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If I located a bottle, would you join me in a highball?
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My father likes to unwind at night with a highball and the ten o'clock news.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then she offered Miss Perkins a highball and set about making everybody a drink, except me and Uncle Beasley.
Fiction book (1992) -
They have cocktails or highballs.
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He poured gin and tonic over ice in a tall highball glass.
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Sipping a refreshing highball, they toasted to their friendship.
Synonyms
2
3.7
A drink served in a tall glass that has more liquid than normal
Compounds
1
3.8
A tall, straight glass used for serving mixed drinks with ice like a gin and tonic
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Etymology
Highball for the drink likely comes from the simple parts high ('tall') and ball; one popular story says bartenders used it for a spirit topped with a larger mixer, so a highball today is a spirit mixed with a larger amount of mixer and served in a tall glass.