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Lowball vs Highball - What's the difference?

lowball | highball | Antonyms |

Highball is a antonym of lowball.



As nouns the difference between lowball and highball

is that lowball is the position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop while highball is a cocktail made from spirit plus soda water etc.

As verbs the difference between lowball and highball

is that lowball is to give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent while highball is to make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.

lowball

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop .
  • (poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)
  • A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser.
  • An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.
  • See also

    *cribbage *poker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.
  • To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.
  • To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.
  • Antonyms

    *highball

    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