highflier

or high-fli·er, high·fly·er, high-fly·er

[ hahy-flahy-er ]

noun

1. a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
2. a person or thing that flies high.
3. a stock, often speculative, whose price moves up or down widely.

Word History and Origins

Origin of highflier¹

First recorded in 1680–90; high + flier

Example Sentences

Look at the first twenty people that come towering by on the roof of a Highflier or a Defiance.

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Don't you think, Miss Highflier, that men look much better in pink—less like waiters?

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The huge wheels of the Wondrous Highflier began to revolve, and away she glided down the Mississippi.

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