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high five

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1. High five

   pl. a celebratory or mutually congratulatory gesture between two persons performed by each slapping the other's raised right hand. Also used as a verb.

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1. high fivenoun

   A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their right hands together at shoulder height or higher.

2. high fiveverb

   To slap high fives.

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1. High five

   The high five is a hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand each, about head-high, and push, slide, or slap the flat of their palm against the flat palm of the other person. The gesture is often preceded verbally by a phrase like "Give me five", "High five", "Up top", or "Slap hands." Its meaning varies with the context of use but can include as a greeting, congratulations, or celebration. There are many origin stories of the high five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team on October 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown and Derek Smith of the Louisville Cardinals men's college basketball team during the 1978–1979 season.

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1. High five

   The high five is a celebratory hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide or slap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat hand of their partner. The gesture is often preceded verbally by the phrase "Give me five" or "High five". There are many origin stories of the high five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team on October 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown and Derek Smith of the Louisville Cardinals men's college basketball team during the 1978-1979 season. In the United States, there is an initiative to celebrate the third Thursday of April as National High Five Day.

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How to pronounce high five?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say high five in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of high five in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of high five in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of high five in a Sentence

1. Marie Osmond:

   I think people enjoy seeing people have problems, which is kind of sad, but it’s kind of where we are, first of all, high-five to her for not walking offstage.

2. Jen Groover:

   The general use of the term ‘trophy wife’ in our society, is meant as a demeaning term toward the woman and a symbolic ‘high-five’ toward the man for scoring outside of his zone, i would prefer seeing more positive statements that are empowering for myself, my daughters and all women.

3. Zac Brown:

   It was a hard day today. For the last 15 years, my crew and who I carry with me out on the road to play my shows and do what we do, Ive had to let go of about 90 percent of my family, the people that I traveled with and grew my business with, the people I high-five on the way out to the stage, the people that have done all their jobs and done them well.

4. Ashley Soriano:

   Can you do a high five? Now say please. Good job. Good boy.

5. H.W. Mann:

   Enlightenment is like giving God a high five

References

1. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=high five
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/High_Five
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Five
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=high five