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lowball
[ loh-bawl ]
noun
- Cards. a game of draw poker in which the player having the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot.
verb (used with object)
to lowball the cost of a move.
- to give a false estimate or bid for.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in lowballing.
adjective
- engaged in or characteristic of lowballing:
a lowball bid.
lowball
/ ˈəʊˌɔː /
noun
- a game of poker in which the player with the lowest hand wins
- a very low estimate or offer
- ( as modifier )
a lowball bid
verb
- tr to make a very low estimate or offer for (a service, product, company, etc)
Example Sentences
O’Brien even lobbed a few lowball jokes about AI and Amazon into the crowd, but nothing that left the audience doubled over in laughter.
The masses are eager to see their favorite starlet shine bright again, and it’s time to pursue a project that isn’t tailor-made for Jimmy Fallon’s lowball questions and dated references.
“They didn’t really haggle too much with me or try to start lowballing me at the beginning,” he said.
He accused New York Attorney General Letitia James, an elected Democrat, of targeting him in a lawsuit to further her political career and accused Engoron of lowballing the value of his properties.
The alleged bribe – a free parking spot for the Interior Ministry official in return for a lowball valuation of some state land – appears modest.
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