high

  • 91high — [OE] High is an ancient word. It goes right back to Indo European *koukos, which is related to a number of terms denoting roughly ‘rounded protuberance’: Sanskrit kucas ‘breast’, for instance, Russian húcha ‘heap’, and Lithuanian kaukas ‘swelling …

    Word origins

  • 92high on — {adj. phr.} 1. Intoxicated on some drug or alcoholic drink. * /Rob was severely scolded by the dean for always being high on marijuana./ 2. Enthusiastic about something. * /Jeff is high on Beethoven and Brahms./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 93high on — {adj. phr.} 1. Intoxicated on some drug or alcoholic drink. * /Rob was severely scolded by the dean for always being high on marijuana./ 2. Enthusiastic about something. * /Jeff is high on Beethoven and Brahms./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 94high — a) im Rausch, unter Drogen; (Jargon): auf dem Trip, drauf, stoned, zugedröhnt. b) außer sich, entzückt, euphorisch, glücklich, glückselig, verzückt; (geh.): berauscht, hochgestimmt, trunken; (bildungsspr.): enthusiasmiert; (ugs.): angetörnt,… …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 95HIGH — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index high noun air (2), climax, elevation, height, hill, maximum adjective airy, climactic, elevated (2), high (2) …

    English dictionary for students

  • 96high\ on — adj. phr. 1. Intoxicated on some drug or alcoholic drink. Rob was severely scolded by the dean for always being high on marijuana. 2. Enthusiastic about something. Jeff is high on Beethoven and Brahms …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 97high-up — having a high position, having high rank …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 98high — I. drunk, feeling happy after using a drug, stoned    Look into his eyes to see if he s high. Are his eyes clear? II. See natural high …

    English idioms

  • 99high —    drunk or under the influence of narcotics    Referring to the feeling of elevation or elation, but not describing those who have lapsed into torpidity or unconsciousness:     We d had some people in for cocktails, and we all got quite high. (M …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 100high-up — /ˈhaɪ ʌp/ (say huy up) adjective 1. holding an important position or rank. –noun (plural high ups) 2. a person of great importance or high rank …