"lowball" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

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Etymology: American railroad term that described one of two positions of the ball of a ball signal. Compare highball. Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} lowball
  1. Significantly below the actual cost or value.
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-adj-EPk9MlyP Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 11 9 5 5 20 5 21 12

Noun [English]

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Etymology: American railroad term that described one of two positions of the ball of a ball signal. Compare highball. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lowball (plural lowballs)
  1. The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop.
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-noun-XJilNaaq Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 11 9 5 5 20 5 21 12
  2. (poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-noun-5mhYscV1 Categories (other): Poker Topics: card-games, poker
  3. A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser.
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-noun-cudA5TYH
  4. An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-noun-053KYfUW
  5. Clipping of lowball glass Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: lowball glass
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-noun-jlO9if0P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Cocktails, Vessels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 14 10 5 4 24 3 15 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 14 9 5 5 24 2 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 9 5 5 23 3 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 11 9 5 5 20 5 21 12 Disambiguation of Cocktails: 10 11 7 5 4 40 2 12 9 Disambiguation of Vessels: 3 5 5 2 5 53 8 10 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lowball glass Related terms: cribbage, poker Coordinate_terms (drink & glass): highball
Disambiguation of 'drink & glass': 0 0 0 50 50

Verb [English]

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Etymology: American railroad term that described one of two positions of the ball of a ball signal. Compare highball. Head templates: {{en-verb}} lowball (third-person singular simple present lowballs, present participle lowballing, simple past and past participle lowballed)
  1. (transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent. Tags: transitive Translations (to give an intentionally low estimate): aliarvioida (Finnish), arvioida alakanttiin (Finnish), bewusst unterschätzen (German), absichtlich unter Wert schätzen (German)
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-verb-V891Xvm6 Disambiguation of 'to give an intentionally low estimate': 57 39 4
  2. (transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low. Tags: transitive Translations (to give (a customer) a deceptively low price): antaa huono tarjous (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-verb-izt-2WCe Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 11 7 4 4 18 4 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 11 8 5 5 19 5 26 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 11 9 5 5 20 5 21 12 Disambiguation of 'to give (a customer) a deceptively low price': 22 73 5
  3. (transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly. Tags: transitive Translations (to make an offer well below an item's true value): vedättää (Finnish), antaa huono tarjous (Finnish), bewusst unterbieten (German), vorsätzlich unter Wert bieten (German)
    Sense id: en-lowball-en-verb-FdK8aYjv Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 11 9 5 5 20 5 21 12 Disambiguation of "to make an offer well below an item's true value": 3 11 86

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        "A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)"
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        "(poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)"
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        "A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser."
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      "glosses": [
        "An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass."
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          "alcohol"
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        "Clipping of lowball glass"
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          "ref": "2020, Trump's ambitious plan as the US becomes the COVID-19 pandemic's new epicentre (Planet America), spoken by John Barron (John Barron), ABC News In-depth (YouTube):",
          "text": "It may be, but it is worth noting that if the mortality rate is as low as 0.7% as some experts now hope rather than between 3 and 5% as the data suggests so far, that is still a lot of dead Americans. Californian health officials are bracing for a 56% infection rate. In New York, they are talking about a range of between 30% and 80%, so if we just lowball that, that is close to seven hundred thousand dead Americans as a result of COVID-19. Modeling based on current social and economic disruption actually puts the number at 1.2 million people dying, all the way up to 2.2 million if no measures are taken to reduce contagion and the virus is allowed to run its course.",
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        "To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent."
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        "(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent."
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          "ref": "2025 February 19, Tom Nichols, “Who Is Running the United States, Musk or Trump?”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "A few other news flashes from the interview: The president of the United States thinks that the government should not pay its bills in full. It should lowball its contractors and force them to accept half payment, he said.",
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        "(transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low."
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        "To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly."
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        "(transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to give an intentionally low estimate",
      "word": "aliarvioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give an intentionally low estimate",
      "word": "arvioida alakanttiin"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to give an intentionally low estimate",
      "word": "bewusst unterschätzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give an intentionally low estimate",
      "word": "absichtlich unter Wert schätzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give (a customer) a deceptively low price",
      "word": "antaa huono tarjous"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "note": "den Preis in betrügerischer Absicht unter Wert berechnen",
      "sense": "to give (a customer) a deceptively low price"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make an offer well below an item's true value",
      "word": "vedättää"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make an offer well below an item's true value",
      "word": "antaa huono tarjous"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make an offer well below an item's true value",
      "word": "bewusst unterbieten"
    },
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      "sense": "to make an offer well below an item's true value",
      "word": "vorsätzlich unter Wert bieten"
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}

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