highball

verb

Definition of highballnext
as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highball
  1. speed
  2. race
  3. rush
  4. hurry
  5. fly
  6. travel
  7. zip
  8. scurry
Verb
  • Once inaugurated, President Trump can speed things along by gathering the remnants of America’s sleepy and fragmented maritime bureaucracy under the umbrella of an empowered and dynamic maritime leader—in a new Cabinet-level post or a high-level Directorship at the National Security Council.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Graphic by Sohail Al-Jamea & David Newcomb The bicycle lane on Stockton Boulevard is barely two feet wide in most places, leaving cyclists a few inches from speeding traffic.
    Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of speed
Verb
  • The breaths slow your heart rate, while the math keeps your mind from racing.
    Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Runners race the Pasadena area near the legendary stadium before finishing the run on the field.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of race
Verb
  • The same business leaders rushing to adopt AI sales tools might invest in systems to protect their inboxes from similar solicitations.
    Nathan Pettijohn, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • After scenes of the infected slamming against a barrier and people rushing to grab rifles flash across the scene, the teaser ends with Ellie also walking down a similar hallway with her gun pointed ahead.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of rush
Verb
  • Pope took a series of pictures with her phone, her hands shaking, and hurried back around the house and into her apartment.
    Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Wildfires raged across Southern California on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and prompting thousands of evacuations as blazes closed in on Los Angeles neighborhoods like the Pacific Palisades and residents hurried to escape.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of hurry
Verb
  • Mash, a Russian Telegram channel thought to have links to Russian law enforcement, published footage purportedly showing a drone flying toward Engels overnight, which could not be independently verified.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Gonzalez Urrutia was leaving for Panama on Tuesday, and was planning to fly to the Dominican Republic on Thursday.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of fly
Verb
  • If possible, avoid traveling to Dubrovnik in July and August.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Up next The Kings’ will travel to the Windy City for their second game of the three-game road trip to take on the Chicago Bulls.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of travel
Verb
  • Oh yeah, and there are these cars that zip by at speeds of over 150 mph — that's important too.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
  • There was also an awkwardness about the ball that zipped across the turf—towards a forward now 29, with shifts at Leipzig, Real Sociedad, and Villareal since under his belt—in the dying seconds against Barcelona on December 21, 2024.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of zip
Verb
  • Occasionally one scurried in circles around a disabled vehicle, a utility pole or the trunk of a tree.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Collectors have been scurrying to find what are now known as tax scam records ever since.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of scurry
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