Highball vs. Tumbler — What's the Difference?

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.

One that tumbles, especially an acrobat or gymnast.

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

A drinking glass, originally with a rounded bottom.

A railway signal to proceed.

A flat-bottomed glass having no handle, foot, or stem.

Travel fast

The contents of such a drinking glass.

A cocktail served in a tall glass and consisting of liquor, such as whiskey, mixed with water or a carbonated beverage.

A toy made with a weighted rounded base so that it can rock over and then right itself.

A railroad signal indicating full speed ahead.

One of a breed of domestic pigeon that characteristically tumbles or somersaults in flight.

A high-speed train.

A piece in a gunlock that forces the hammer forward by action of the mainspring.

To move ahead at full speed.

The part in a lock that releases the bolt when moved by a key.

A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.

The drum of a clothes dryer.

An all clear or full speed ahead signal.

A tumbling box.

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

A projecting piece on a revolving or rocking part in a mechanism that transmits motion to the part it engages.

To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.

The rocking frame that moves a gear into place in a transmission, as on a lathe.

To move quickly; to hightail.

(archaic) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.

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.

A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

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

A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.

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

A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.

Something that causes (something else) to tumble.

(obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.

A kind of cart; a tumbril.

The pupa of a mosquito.

One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.

(obsolete) A porpoise.

(cryptocurrency) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for the sear point to enter.

A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; - so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

A kind of cart; a tumbrel.

A gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown

Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground