highball

noun

Meaning

A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
(possibly obsolete) To move quickly; to hightail.

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Related words

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Sources

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