gimme a five
- idiom
- Informal
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chócala
- He held out his palm and exclaimed, 'gimme a five!' to celebrate the good news.
Examples
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After she won the race, she turned to her friend and said, 'gimme a five!'
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When the deal closed successfully, everyone in the office went around saying 'gimme a five!'
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Let's gimme a five to celebrate our win!
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Sarah, gimme a five for that goal!
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After she won the race, she turned to her friend and said, 'gimme a five!'
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He held out his palm and exclaimed, 'gimme a five!' to celebrate the good news.
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When the deal closed successfully, everyone in the office went around saying 'gimme a five!'
Synonyms
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To touch or slap someone's raised hand with your own to celebrate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a colloquial spelling of 'give me a five' where 'gimme' = 'give me' and 'five' metonymically refers to the hand (five fingers), so the constituent meanings provide a clear clue. However, interpreting this as the high‑five gesture requires cultural/pragmatic knowledge and familiarity with informal speech, so the meaning is only partially predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Gimme a five comes from the action of holding up an open hand and asking someone to slap it. The gimme part means 'give me' and the five is your five fingers, so the phrase became a quick way to ask for a 'high-five' to celebrate.