highflier
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Is highflier a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of highflier?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.Examples: "under the appellations of Tory, Jacobite, highflier, and other cant words"; "A beautiful woman juggled expensive shopping bags while taking a call; friends gathered clinking glasses in celebration; a young man coyly slurped noodles; a gaggle of suited highfliers shook hands over a boardroom with views across the city. Everything screamed: “We are no longer in recession! We are a beating heart of London’s future!”"figuratively
2. (fishing) A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
3. (finance) A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.Examples: "Virtually all highfliers that I have seen over all these years of trading have crumbled at some point."; "I like Canadian stocks and have done quite well investing in them, but you are typically better off buying a stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's leading exchange, than some of the highfliers in Vancouver."
4. (UK, slang, obsolete) A writer of begging letters.UKobsoleteslang
Definition source: Wiktionary