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Definition of highball in English: highballnoun ˈhʌɪbɔːlˈhaɪˌbɔl North American 1A drink consisting of a spirit, especially whisky, and a mixer such as soda, served with ice in a tall glass. 高杯酒（尤指在威士忌等烈酒中掺汽水或干姜水等混合而成的饮料，加冰块于高玻璃杯中饮用） Example sentencesExamples - However, there are times when I want to be able to enter a bar and have a highball and a ciggy, health concerns be damned.
- Some bars sell highballs for as little as 75 cents, allowing some people to knock them back like there's no tomorrow.
- CEOs, like other executives, may see it as part of their job to have a few highballs at a business dinner or to let loose a bit at the company holiday party.
- Shake all ingredients for 15 seconds and strain into a highball glass filled with ice, garnish with apple slice.
- We found twelve boxes of glassware that my father had won - glasses for old fashioneds, manhattans, margaritas, highballs, beer, and wine.
2informal A railway signal to proceed. 〈非正式〉铁路信号绿灯 Example sentencesExamples - At 8: 12 AM we got the highball, and proceeded west.
- I could hear the tower give the highball to train #757, the Hempstead local that had been sitting at Bellrose station.
- Then there was some difficulty with the brake test and we finally got the highball at 8: 49, So the train which had been running early was now nearly an hour late.
- The food arrived just as the conductor was about to give the highball out of Penn station.
- Shortly after settling into my seat, we got the highball and left the station right on the advertised at 10: 20 AM.
- When the conductor finally gave the engineer the highball, the engineer asked why they weren't going to make two stops.
verb ˈhʌɪbɔːlˈhaɪˌbɔl North American informal no object, with adverbial of direction Travel fast. 〈非正式〉急行，快速前进 他们快速往北前进。 Example sentencesExamples - The level of the fighting was apparent as we highballed toward the base's gate.
- We then highballed nonstop to Jamaica, following the same route through Queens as we had taken earlier.
- We made an on-time stop at Gainesville, GA at 7: 43 AM, and then highballed towards Atlanta.
Definition of highball in US English: highballnounˈhīˌbôlˈhaɪˌbɔl North American 1A drink consisting of whiskey and a mixer such as soda or ginger ale, served with ice in a tall glass. 高杯酒（尤指在威士忌等烈酒中掺汽水或干姜水等混合而成的饮料，加冰块于高玻璃杯中饮用） Example sentencesExamples - We found twelve boxes of glassware that my father had won - glasses for old fashioneds, manhattans, margaritas, highballs, beer, and wine.
- Some bars sell highballs for as little as 75 cents, allowing some people to knock them back like there's no tomorrow.
- CEOs, like other executives, may see it as part of their job to have a few highballs at a business dinner or to let loose a bit at the company holiday party.
- Shake all ingredients for 15 seconds and strain into a highball glass filled with ice, garnish with apple slice.
- However, there are times when I want to be able to enter a bar and have a highball and a ciggy, health concerns be damned.
2informal A railroad signal to proceed. 〈非正式〉铁路信号绿灯 Example sentencesExamples - Then there was some difficulty with the brake test and we finally got the highball at 8: 49, So the train which had been running early was now nearly an hour late.
- The food arrived just as the conductor was about to give the highball out of Penn station.
- When the conductor finally gave the engineer the highball, the engineer asked why they weren't going to make two stops.
- I could hear the tower give the highball to train #757, the Hempstead local that had been sitting at Bellrose station.
- At 8: 12 AM we got the highball, and proceeded west.
- Shortly after settling into my seat, we got the highball and left the station right on the advertised at 10: 20 AM.
verbˈhīˌbôlˈhaɪˌbɔl North American informal no object, with adverbial of direction Travel fast. 〈非正式〉急行，快速前进 他们快速往北前进。 Example sentencesExamples - We then highballed nonstop to Jamaica, following the same route through Queens as we had taken earlier.
- We made an on-time stop at Gainesville, GA at 7: 43 AM, and then highballed towards Atlanta.
- The level of the fighting was apparent as we highballed toward the base's gate.
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