highball

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
highball
    n 1: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or
         a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
highball \high"ball`\ (h[imac]"b[add]l`), n.
   1. An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey
      mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually
      served with ice in a tall glass. [WordNet sense 1]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Railroads) A railroad track signal permitting the
      engineer to proceed at full speed.
      [PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "highball":
      Mickey, Mickey Finn, aperitif, ball the jack, barrel, boom,
      bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, chaser, clip, cocktail,
      cut along, doch-an-dorrach, drink, eye-opener, fleet, flit, fly,
      fly low, foot, go fast, hotfoot, hustle, knockout drops,
      make knots, mixed drink, nightcap, nip, outstrip the wind,
      parting cup, pour it on, pousse-cafe, punch, rip, run, rush,
      scorch, sizzle, skim, speed, stirrup cup, storm along, sundowner,
      sweep, tear, tear along, thunder along, wee doch-an-dorrach, whisk,
      whiz, zing, zip, zoom
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