highball
高球,高脚杯,高球球,高压球
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Definitions
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- : a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- : Railroads. a signal to start a train, given with the hand or with a lamp.a signal for a train to move at full speed.
- : Military Slang. a hand salute.
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- : Slang. to move at full speed.
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- : to signal to to proceed.
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Usually made with gin or bourbon, it’s a similarly tart, bubbly highball, also made with lime and a slightly saline mineral water, also perfect for defying wretched summers.
So it only seems fitting to break out the ice and make highballs or other cooling concoctions.
Pursuit of happiness at our house involved a highball for Dad and an Old Fashioned for Mom.
Having completed her quorum, and distributed her tickets, Mrs. Neff made ready to depart by attacking her highball again.
She put out her hand to him, but he did not see it; he set off to find some one to lead him to a Scotch highball.
Say, they had a highball or that,—all he had to do was to drop the tiniest speck from the little vial into the drink.
I believe you had reached the highball incident in your recital.
It is not particularly significant that I started the summer on Highball and ended it on Budweiser.