HIGHBALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does highball mean? 

• HIGHBALL (noun)
  The noun HIGHBALL has 1 sense:

1. a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

  Familiarity information: HIGHBALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGHBALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("highball" is a kind of...):

mixed drink (made of two or more ingredients)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "highball"):

cobbler (tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit)

collins; Tom Collins (tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice)

gin and tonic (gin and quinine water)

julep; mint julep (bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice)

Scotch and soda (a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda)

sling (a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice)

zombi; zombie (several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur)

 Context examples 

"Yes, highballs," agreed Gatsby, and then to Mr. Wolfshiem: "It's too hot over there."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either—until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)