"high five" meaning in English

See high five in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /haɪ faɪv/, /haɪ faɪv/ [US] Forms: high fives [plural]
Etymology: From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand. Etymology templates: {{com|en|high|five}} high + five Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)
  1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Five Related terms: gimme a five, low five, slap someone five Coordinate_terms: fist bump, high ten, low five Translations (gesture): تَخْمِيسَة (taḵmīsa) [feminine] (Arabic), كَفَّك (kaffak) (Arabic), 举手击掌 (Chinese Mandarin), alt-frapo (Esperanto), alt-kvino (Esperanto), yläviitonen (Finnish), yläfemma (Finnish), ylävitonen (Finnish), choca as cinco (Galician), כִּיף (kif) [masculine] (Hebrew), pacsi (Hungarian), ötös (Hungarian), gef mér fimm (Icelandic), batti cinque [masculine] (Italian), ハイタッチ (hai tatchi) (Japanese), apir (Kapampangan), apir-apir (Kapampangan), 하이파이브 (haipaibeu) (Korean), да пукне (da pukne) [neuter] (Macedonian), sep (Malay), piątka [feminine] (Polish), toca aqui (Portuguese), choca las cinco (Spanish), high five [common-gender] (Swedish), apir (Tagalog), beşlik (Turkish), دے تالی (de tālī) (Urdu), pawen lawen (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-high_five-en-noun-ME-rLwD9 Disambiguation of Five: 17 37 11 35 Disambiguation of 'gesture': 69 15 16
  2. A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Five
    Sense id: en-high_five-en-noun--WyC9dmC Disambiguation of Five: 17 37 11 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Somali translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 67 15 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 51 13 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 67 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 69 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 57 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 57 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 54 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 49 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 55 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 56 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 48 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 55 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 54 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 56 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 17 55 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 55 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 16 56 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 56 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 49 16 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 50 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 58 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 54 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Somali translations: 16 56 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 57 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 56 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 17 54 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 56 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 13 57 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 13 49 14 24
  3. (card games, uncountable) The game of cinch. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Card games, Five
    Sense id: en-high_five-en-noun-c0VtueQm Disambiguation of Five: 17 37 11 35 Topics: card-games, games

Verb

IPA: /haɪ faɪv/, /haɪ faɪv/ [US] Forms: high fives [present, singular, third-person], high fiving [participle, present], high fived [participle, past], high fived [past]
Etymology: From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand. Etymology templates: {{com|en|high|five}} high + five Head templates: {{en-verb}} high five (third-person singular simple present high fives, present participle high fiving, simple past and past participle high fived)
  1. (transitive) To slap high fives. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Five Synonyms: high-five Translations (to slap high five): doni alt-frapo (Esperanto), doni alt-kvino (Esperanto), tehdä yläviitonen (Finnish), en taper cinq (French), toper (French), pacsizik (Hungarian), battere il cinque (Italian), apir (Kapampangan), apir-apir (Kapampangan), да пу́кне (da púkne) [neuter] (Macedonian), sep (Malay), przybić piątkę (Polish), przybijać piątkę [imperfective] (Polish), дать пять (datʹ pjatʹ) (Russian), ku dhac (Somali), ku dac (Somali), chocar los cinco (Spanish), highfivea (Swedish), apir (Tagalog), beşlik çakmak (Turkish), دے تالی (de tālī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-high_five-en-verb-CSETxnh3 Disambiguation of Five: 17 37 11 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "3": "five"
      },
      "expansion": "high + five",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "high fives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 11 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "en:Five",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "fist bump"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "high ten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "low five"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher."
      ],
      "id": "en-high_five-en-noun-ME-rLwD9",
      "links": [
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
        ],
        [
          "celebration",
          "celebration"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "shoulder",
          "shoulder"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "gimme a five"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "low five"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "slap someone five"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taḵmīsa",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تَخْمِيسَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kaffak",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "كَفَّك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "举手击掌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "alt-frapo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "alt-kvino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "yläviitonen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "yläfemma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "ylävitonen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "choca as cinco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kif",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "כִּיף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "pacsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "ötös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "gef mér fimm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "batti cinque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hai tatchi",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "ハイタッチ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "apir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "apir-apir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "haipaibeu",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "하이파이브"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "da pukne",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "да пукне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "sep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piątka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "toca aqui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "choca las cinco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "high five"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "apir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "beşlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "de tālī",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "دے تالی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 15 16",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "gesture",
          "word": "pawen lawen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 67 15 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 51 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 67 12 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 69 12 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 57 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 57 13 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 54 12 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 49 14 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 55 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 56 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 48 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 55 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 54 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 56 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 55 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 55 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 56 12 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 56 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 49 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 50 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 58 12 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 54 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 56 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Somali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 57 13 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 56 12 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 54 12 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 56 12 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 57 13 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Urdu translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 49 14 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 11 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "en:Five",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement."
      ],
      "id": "en-high_five-en-noun--WyC9dmC",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "en:Card games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 11 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "en:Five",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The game of cinch."
      ],
      "id": "en-high_five-en-noun-c0VtueQm",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "cinch",
          "cinch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games, uncountable) The game of cinch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:high five"
  ],
  "word": "high five"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "3": "five"
      },
      "expansion": "high + five",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "high fives",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fiving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fived",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fived",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "high five (third-person singular simple present high fives, present participle high fiving, simple past and past participle high fived)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 11 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "en:Five",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To slap high fives."
      ],
      "id": "en-high_five-en-verb-CSETxnh3",
      "links": [
        [
          "slap",
          "slap#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To slap high fives."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 0 0 86",
          "word": "high-five"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "doni alt-frapo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "doni alt-kvino"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "tehdä yläviitonen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "en taper cinq"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "toper"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "pacsizik"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "battere il cinque"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "apir"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "apir-apir"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "da púkne",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "да пу́кне"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "sep"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "przybić piątkę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przybijać piątkę"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "datʹ pjatʹ",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "дать пять"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "ku dhac"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "ku dac"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "chocar los cinco"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "highfivea"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "apir"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "beşlik çakmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "de tālī",
          "sense": "to slap high five",
          "word": "دے تالی"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:high five"
  ],
  "word": "high five"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Somali translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Five"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "fist bump"
    },
    {
      "word": "high ten"
    },
    {
      "word": "low five"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "3": "five"
      },
      "expansion": "high + five",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "high fives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gimme a five"
    },
    {
      "word": "low five"
    },
    {
      "word": "slap someone five"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
        ],
        [
          "celebration",
          "celebration"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "shoulder",
          "shoulder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The game of cinch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "cinch",
          "cinch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games, uncountable) The game of cinch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "high-five"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taḵmīsa",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَخْمِيسَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaffak",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "كَفَّك"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "举手击掌"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "alt-frapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "alt-kvino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "yläviitonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "yläfemma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "ylävitonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "choca as cinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kif",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כִּיף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "pacsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "ötös"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "gef mér fimm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "batti cinque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hai tatchi",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "ハイタッチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "apir-apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haipaibeu",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "하이파이브"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "da pukne",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "да пукне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "sep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piątka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "toca aqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "choca las cinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "high five"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "beşlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "de tālī",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "دے تالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "gesture",
      "word": "pawen lawen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:high five"
  ],
  "word": "high five"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Somali translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Five"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "3": "five"
      },
      "expansion": "high + five",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "high fives",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fiving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fived",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "high fived",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "high five (third-person singular simple present high fives, present participle high fiving, simple past and past participle high fived)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To slap high fives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slap",
          "slap#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To slap high fives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪ faɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "high-five"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "doni alt-frapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "doni alt-kvino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "tehdä yläviitonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "en taper cinq"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "toper"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "pacsizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "battere il cinque"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "apir-apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "da púkne",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "да пу́кне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "sep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "przybić piątkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przybijać piątkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "datʹ pjatʹ",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "дать пять"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "ku dhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "ku dac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "chocar los cinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "highfivea"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "apir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "beşlik çakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "de tālī",
      "sense": "to slap high five",
      "word": "دے تالی"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:high five"
  ],
  "word": "high five"
}

Download raw JSONL data for high five meaning in English (9.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.