"low five" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: low fives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} low five (plural low fives)
  1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level. Related terms: high five
    Sense id: en-low_five-en-noun-HtJNCW2f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Forms: low fives [present, singular, third-person], low fiving [participle, present], low fived [participle, past], low fived [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} low five (third-person singular simple present low fives, present participle low fiving, simple past and past participle low fived)
  1. (informal, transitive) To perform the low five gesture with someone. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-low_five-en-verb-fAlDi2oK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Five: 30 70

Inflected forms

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