highball
verb/ˈhaɪbɔːl/
/ˈhaɪbɔːl/
(North American English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they highball | /ˈhaɪbɔːl/ /ˈhaɪbɔːl/ |
| he / she / it highballs | /ˈhaɪbɔːlz/ /ˈhaɪbɔːlz/ |
| past simple highballed | /ˈhaɪbɔːld/ /ˈhaɪbɔːld/ |
| past participle highballed | /ˈhaɪbɔːld/ /ˈhaɪbɔːld/ |
| -ing form highballing | /ˈhaɪbɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈhaɪbɔːlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go somewhere very quickly
- They highballed out of town.
- [transitive] highball something to deliberately give a price or an estimate of the cost, value, etc. of something that is too high
- They started the negotiation by highballing their expectations.
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