high-fivev.
/ˌhʌɪˈfʌɪv/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈfaɪv/ Originally U.S. Sport.
1. transitive. To congratulate, celebrate with, or greet (a person) with a high five. Also with it. Cf. low-five v. 2.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] > express pleasure at or greet with pleasure
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to lay (also slap) high fives1980
the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > express pleasure at or greet with pleasure
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welcome1856
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > slap hands
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to lay (also slap) high fives1980
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > by gesture > specific
salaam1684
heil1939
hongi1945
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1980 State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 8 Oct. 1 g/4 The Bull pumped through one of his most emotional home-run trots ever, crashing a palm against coach Lee Elia's hand at third, high-fiving it forcefully all the way to the dugout.
1981 Lawrence (Kansas) Jrnl.-World 26 Oct. 16/5 Kerwin was..high-fiving everyone in sight after Dino had displayed..his speed, quickness and instincts against KSU.
2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? xiv. 195 He occasionally detaches himself from the frankly lacklustre conversation..to high-five somebody.
2012 Independent 26 Jan. 19/5 Tories were high-fiving each other for securing a publicity coup.
2. intransitive. To exchange high fives. Cf. low-five v. 1.
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1981 Washington Post 5 Oct. c5/1 They didn't linger to celebrate. They didn't high five or slap each other around joyously.
1990 Maclean's 2 Apr. 11/2 A month has passed since the election and still Republicans and Democrats are high-fiving.
2002 V. Coren & C. Skelton Once more, with Feeling xv. 112 The gardeners high-five over the bobbing heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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