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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 personplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH-FIVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH-FIVE (noun)


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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