high five
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2.6
- noun
- /haɪ faɪv/
- Informal
:
choque de manos
- The boys all cheered and gave each other high fives.
And well deserved hoots and hugs and hollers and high fives as your degree is actually conferred.
- And well deserved hoots and hugs and hollers and high fives as your degree is actually conferred.
- All right, I really like that German, Charlie Chaplin, who invented the high five.
- They walked past me and everyone's obviously got their hands out high fives.
- add a high five in the mirror to your reflection to your morning routine.
Examples
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But it was the kids who got the simple high five that blew the researchers minds.
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Jog over to your teacher and give them a high five.
Academic text (1998) -
And he used a high five, see?
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Kate and Sex Machine give each other a high five and go to work
Fiction book (1996) -
Can I get a hallelujah high five?
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Students start with a jump and a right-hand high five, then a left hand, then both hands.
Academic text (1998) -
The boys whirled, gave her a high five, and looked away.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Way to go, Roy!" yelled Phil, running over to give him a high five.
Fiction book (1993) -
He wants to give you a high-five.
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After scoring the final point, the team exchanged a triumphant high five to celebrate their victory.
Synonyms
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2.0
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
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9.1
A friendly touch used to greet someone, like a fist bump
How Celebratory
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'high' (raised) and 'five' (the five-fingered hand) give a partial clue that the expression involves raised open hands, so a learner who knows both words can infer something about raised hands. However, the conventionalized gesture—slapping palms as a celebratory greeting—is a cultural/pragmatic detail not fully predictable from the words alone, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
High five may come from 1970s sports, where players raised their hands high and slapped them together after a good play. That image of two open hands meeting high in the air is why it means 'a gesture of celebration'.