Cocktail vs. Highball

Cocktailnoun

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

Cocktailnoun

A mixture of other substances.

Cocktailnoun

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

Cocktailnoun

A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.

Cocktailnoun

A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Cocktailadjective

(obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

Cocktailverb

(transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.

Cocktailverb

(transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.

Cocktailnoun

A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.

Cocktailnoun

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.

Cocktailnoun

A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.

Cocktailnoun

A species of rove beetle; - so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Cocktailnoun

a short mixed drink

Cocktailnoun

an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

Cocktailnoun

an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream

Cocktailnoun

a mixture of substances or factors, especially when dangerous or unpleasant

Cocktailnoun

a dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served cold as a starter

Cocktail

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as fruit juice, flavored syrup, or cream.

Highballnoun

A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.

Highballnoun

(rail transport) An all clear or full speed ahead signal.

Highballnoun

(climbing) A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.

Highballverb

To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.

Highballverb

To move quickly; to hightail.

Highballnoun

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.

Highballnoun

A railroad track signal permitting the engineer to proceed at full speed.

Highballnoun

a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

Highballnoun

a drink consisting of a spirit, especially whisky, and a mixer such as soda, served with ice in a tall glass.

Highballnoun

a railway signal to proceed.

Highballverb

travel fast

Highball

A highball is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer, often a carbonated beverage. Examples include the Seven and Seven, Scotch and soda, gin and tonic, Screwdriver, and rum and Coke.