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Word: lowball (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser.
  • An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.
  • 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.)
  • The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated '''Stop'''.

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Verb:

  • 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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