HIGH-PRESSURE


Meaning of HIGH-PRESSURE in English

/huy"presh"euhr/ , adj., v., high-pressured, high-pressuring .

adj.

1. having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.

2. vigorous; persistent; aggressive: high-pressure salesmanship.

v.t.

3. to employ aggressively forceful and unrelenting sales tactics on (a prospective customer): high-pressured into buying a car.

[ 1815-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .