"give someone five" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives someone five [present, singular, third-person], giving someone five [participle, present], gave someone five [past], given someone five [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone five}} give someone five (third-person singular simple present gives someone five, present participle giving someone five, simple past gave someone five, past participle given someone five)
  1. To slap someone's hand in greeting or celebration. Synonyms: slap someone five Related terms: put it there Translations (to slap someone's hand): 擊掌 /击掌 (jīzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), tehdä ylävitonen (Finnish), chocar as cinco (Galician), dare il cinque (Italian), battere il cinque (Italian), dot pieci (Latvian), пра́ви да пу́кне (právi da púkne) (Macedonian), tocar (Portuguese), дать пять (datʹ pjatʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to slap someone's hand",
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