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hi five

hi five is the alternative form of high five.

Meaning of high five

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.
    • Through the window I could see Nikki and Kim doing high fives in the car.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 144
  2. A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement.
  3. (uncountable) The game of cinch.

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Forms of hi five

pluralhi fives

Questions about hi five

What is hi five the alternative form of?
Hi five is the alternative form of high five.

Words near hi five in the dictionary

  1. HHT
  2. HHTDD
  3. HHV
  4. HHVM
  5. hi
  6. hi five
  7. hi fives
  8. hi pot, meet kettle
  9. hi there
  10. hi way
  11. hi'way-man

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hi five (page history and authors); high five (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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