highflier (English, noun)
expansion: highflier (plural highfliers)
Senses:
glosses: A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
glosses: An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.
tags: figuratively
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
glosses: A swingboat.
glosses: A writer of begging letters.
tags: UK
obsolete
slang
glosses: A type of phaeton carriage.
Forms:
form: highfliers
tags: plural
form: high flier
tags: alternative
form: high-flier
tags: alternative
form: high flyer
tags: alternative
form: high-flyer
tags: alternative
form: highflyer
tags: alternative