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What (who) is lowball - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Low ball; Lowballed; Lowballing; Lowball (disambiguation)

lowball         
¦ noun Baseball a ball pitched so as to pass over the plate below knee-level.
?[as modifier] N. Amer. informal (of an estimate) unrealistically low.
¦ verb N. Amer. informal offer (someone) an unrealistically low bid or estimate.
Lowball (poker)         
GROUP OF VARIATIONS OF POKER WHERE THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE THE LOWEST-RANKED HAND
Ace-to-six low; Deuce-to-seven low; Ace-to-five low; Low hand; Poker/Ace-to-five low; Low hand (poker); Kansas City low; Low poker; Kansas city lowball; 2-7; Deuce-to-seven; 2-7 Triple Draw; 2-7 Single Draw; 2-7 single draw; 2-7 triple draw; 2–7 draw; 2–7 Draw; 2–7 Triple Draw; 2–7 triple draw; 2–7 single draw; 2–7 Single Draw; 2-7 draw; 2-7 Draw
Lowball or low poker is a variant of poker in which the normal ranking of hands is inverted. Several variations of lowball poker exist, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether straights and flushes are used.
Old fashioned glass         
TYPE OF CUP
Rocks glass; Old-Fashioned glass; Lowball glass; Whiskey glass; Whisky glass; Old-fashioned glass; Old Fashioned glass; Bar tumbler; Rock glass; Double old fashioned glass; DOF glass
The old fashioned glass, otherwise known as the rocks glass and lowball glass (or simply lowball), is a short tumbler used for serving spirits, such as whisky, neat or with ice cubes ("on the rocks"). It is also normally used to serve certain cocktails, such as the old fashioned, from which it receives its name.

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Lowball

Lowball can refer to:

  • Low-ball, a persuasion, negotiation, and selling technique
  • Lowball (poker), a variant of the card game poker, in which hand values are reversed so that the lowest-valued hand wins
  • Lowball glass, a short drinking glass typically used for serving liquor
Examples of use of lowball
1. You see that Flowers is going to want to lowball them as much as possible.
2. The military has been caught trying to lowball the numbers of non–combat deaths in the past.
3. Lowball contracts also mean lower profit margins and less money for training and background checks for guards.
4. But he says he‘s not above letting an oil company set up a drill rig in the canyon, in compensation for the state‘s lowball offer.
5. Shareholders are being offered two incentives to accept this apparently lowball deal: a 3.6bn one–off payout and the hope of later returns through their halved stake in ITV.