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Highball vs Collins - What's the difference?

highball | collins |

As nouns the difference between highball and collins

is that highball is a cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc while collins is any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

As a verb highball

is to make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.

highball

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc.
  • (rail transport) An all clear'' or ''full speed ahead signal.

    • Derived terms

    *highball glass

    Descendants

    * Japanese:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
    • If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200.
  • (slang, rare, or, erroneous) To move quickly; to hightail.

    • Antonyms

    * (estimate) lowball

    collins

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • from the given name Colin, pet form of Coll (Nicholas).
  • * 2011 Colin Diyen, Ring Road Safari , African Books Collective, ISBN 9956726737, page 5:
    • "But your own name too sounds funny," Tampio said. "Your names are repeated. Only you have spelt one wrongly. How could you call yourself Colin Collins'? Here in Cameroon, we only know about ' Collins ."
  • , anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Coileáin .

    • Derived terms

    * Collinsian * collinsite

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

    • Synonyms

    * collins * Tom Collins