height

Definition

  • noun: a measurement of how tall a person or thing is
  • noun: the highest part
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: summit, altitude, stature

Examples

  • The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]

  • It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]

  • He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'll start calling you Flannery Get off! What the fuck you looking... there's not a pot of gold down there Oh adjusting the seat, really?! That's been your fucking problem the whole time? The seat height? So now you have it right? Go. Bullshit! Fuck you! Neyman. (..)
    2014 Whiplash