Dictionary Home »
Webster's New World College Dictionary » highball
highball
highball definition
☆ high·ball (hī′bôl′)
noun
- liquor, usually whiskey or brandy, mixed with water, soda water, ginger ale, etc. and served with ice in a tall glass
- a railroad signal, originally a ball hung above the tracks, meaning “go ahead”: sometimes used figuratively
Etymology: highballsense < ? high + ball, bartender's slang for “whiskey glass”: infl. ? by the v.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Browse dictionary definitions near highball
Share on Facebook