highs

Noun

high (countable and uncountable, plural highs)

1. (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
   • It was one of the highs of his career.
   1. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
      • Today's high was 32 °C.
2. (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
   • Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine2012, Katy Perry, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Dr. Luke, Cirkut, “Wide Awake”, in Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, performed by Katy Perry
3. (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
   • No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
4. (countable, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
   • A large high is centred on the Azores.
5. (countable) The highest card dealt or drawn.

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