highball

/ˌhaɪˈbɔl/

Other forms: highballs

Definitions of highball

1. noun

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

   cobbler

   tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit

   Tom Collins, collins

   tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice

   gin and tonic

   gin and quinine water

   julep, mint julep

   bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

   Scotch and soda

   a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda

   sling

   a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice

   zombi, zombie

   several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

   brandy sling

   a sling made with brandy

   gin sling

   a sling made with gin

   rum sling

   a sling made with rum

   type of:

   mixed drink

   made of two or more ingredients