Definition of riding high

ride high    

verb

• to feel very good. Occasionally meaning snobbish or egotistical.

  He was riding high after he got into the college he wanted.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be happy, feel good.

  Last edited on Jan 13 1998. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'to be happy, feel good':
afterglow	Definitions include: the pleasant feeling after sexual intercourse.
feel like a million bucks	Definitions include: to feel great.
woot	Definitions include: an expression of excitement or joy, used mostly by computer aficionados.
yippee	Definitions include: exclamation of joy.
keep (one's) pecker up	Definitions include: to cheer up.
do cartwheels	Definitions include: to be extremely happy.
perk up	Definitions include: to cheer up.
feel like a million dollars	Definitions include: to feel great.

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Other terms relating to 'high':
as high as a kite	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated from marijuana.
come hell or high water	Definitions include: no matter what.
get high	Definitions include: "Galesville Ettrick Trempealeau High School" in Galesville, WI.
HG	Definitions include: acronym for "high gravity".
high	Definitions include: intoxicated from drugs.
high as a kite	Definitions include: very high.
high ball	Definitions include: the upper range of an estimated figure.
high baller	Definitions include: a person who makes large sums of money.
high-beams	Definitions include: erect nipples.
high budget	Definitions include: of extreme high quality, expensive to a point that it becomes unattainable.
High Class White Trash	Definitions include: a intelligent, sophisticated person who comes from a poor or middle class family.
high cotton	Definitions include: see in high cotton.
higher than giraffe ears	Definitions include: very high; excessively high.
higher than tube socks	Definitions include: very high.
high-fallootin	Definitions include: pie-in-the-sky, fancy, crazy and elitist.
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Other terms relating to 'ride':
along for the ride	Definitions include: taking a passive role.
bumpy ride	Definitions include: an ordeal.
d*ck ride	Definitions include: to like a person too much, especially when it's undeserved.
e-ticket ride	Definitions include: a ride of excitement or great fun.
freerider	Definitions include: a group member who piggybacks on the others, gets away clean without doing any work.
full-ride	Definitions include: shortened form of "full-ride scholarship".
ghost ride the whip	Definitions include: to dance alongside and/or on a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is still driving forward.
G ride	Definitions include: Stolen car
have a lot riding on	Definitions include: to have a great deal of personal interest in the outcome of a person or event.
joy ride	Definitions include: a reckless ride taken in a (usually stolen) automobile.
low rider	Definitions include: a person who drives a car that has been lowered.
Mat Rider	Definitions include: M.A.T. (Moose Area Transit) Rider: A large, overweight, or obese person riding on a scooter, moped, or otherwise motorized two wheeled vehicle.
pimp (one's) ride	Definitions include: to customize an automobile.
ride	Definitions include: an automobile.
ride and die chick	Definitions include: Someone who will do anything for you.
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