Word: highball
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: high
ball
Definition: A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
Morphemes:
Affix: high
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
Affix: ball
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bal
Language: fr
Decoded: bal
PoS: Noun
Meaning: dance party, ball