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HIGH-FIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-five mean?
• HIGH-FIVE (noun)
The noun HIGH-FIVE has 1 sense:
1. a gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person
Familiarity information: HIGH-FIVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("high-five" is a kind of...):
gesture; motion (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
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