low five

noun

A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.

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Meanings

nounlow five (plural low fives)

plural low fives

  1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.

    Lacking other options, you give yourself a celebratory low-five for becoming a master of the arcane arts.

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verblow five (third-person singular simple present low fives, present participle low fiving, simple past and past participle low fived)

present singular third person low fives · participle present low fiving · participle past low fived · past low fived

  1. informaltransitiveTo perform the low five gesture with someone.
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