high five (someone)

high five (someone)
vb
American
to slap raised palms and fingers together as a ritual greeting. The cus-tom and the expression appeared in the black community in the 1970s and was subsequently adopted by sportspeople and adolescents in general.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • high five — high fives also high five N COUNT If you give someone a high five, you put your hand up and hit their open hand with yours, especially after a victory or as a greeting …   English dictionary

  • high five — n especially AmE the action of hitting someone s open hand with your own above your heads to show that you are pleased about something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • high-five — I n HIV. Homer got the high five from some skank down the block. 1990s II n Slapping someone else s palm stretched over the head. They gave each other a high five after winning the sack race. 1980s III v To slap someone else s palm stretched over …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • high five — 1. n. a greeting where the palm of the hand is raised and slapped against another person’s palm similarly raised. (Compare this with low five.) □ They exchanged a high five and went on with the show. □ How about a high five, man? 2. tv. & in. to… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • high-five — [c]/haɪ ˈfaɪv/ (say huy fuyv) verb (high fived, high fiving) –verb (t) 1. to give a high five to (someone). –verb (i) 2. to perform a high five …  

  • high five — noun (singular) especially AmE the action of hitting someone s open hand with your own above your heads to show that you are pleased about something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Give me a high five! — American, informal something that you say when you want someone to hit your open hand with theirs, at a level above your shoulder. Yo, Bob! Give me a high five! …   New idioms dictionary

  • five — [faıv] number, n [: Old English; Origin: fif] 1.) the number 5 ▪ There is also a golf course five miles away. ▪ I ll be back by five (=five o clock) . ▪ The family moved to Canada when he was five (=five years old) . 2.) a piece of paper money… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • five number — 1 5 2 a piece of paper money worth $5 or 5: Do you have two fives for a ten? see also: fiver 3 give sb (a) five to hit the inside of someone s hand with your hand to show that you are very pleased about something 4 take five used to tell people… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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