high five

noun

: a gesture in which you slap the palm of your hand against the palm of someone else's hand in the air usually to show that you are happy about a victory or accomplishment

Full Definition of HIGH FIVE

: a slapping of upraised right hands by two people (as in celebration)

— high–five verb

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First Known Use of HIGH FIVE

1980

Rhymes with HIGH FIVE

alive, archive, Argive, arrive, back dive, beehive, connive, contrive, crash-dive, deprive, derive, disk drive, endive, hard drive, line drive, nosedive, ogive, revive, self-drive, skin-dive, skydive, survive, swan dive, take five, test-drive

HIGH-FIVE Defined for Kids

high five

noun

Definition of HIGH FIVE for Kids

: a show of celebration by two people slapping each other's hands in the air

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