high five
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People performing a high five.
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English
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Etymology
From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.
Pronunciation
Noun
high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)
- A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher.
- A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement.
- (card games, uncountable) The game of cinch.
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Translations
gesture
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Verb
high five (third-person singular simple present high fives, present participle high fiving, simple past and past participle high fived)
- (transitive) To slap high fives.
- 2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times:
- Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.
Translations
to slap high five
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