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low five

low five noun: a gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.

Noun

low five (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.2022, Kazerad, Katia: Embrace elitism, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), August 20 2022

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.

Forms of low five

Noun
plurallow fives
Verb
third-person singular presentlow fives
present participlelow fiving
past participlelow fived
pastlow fived

Questions about low five

What does low five mean?
Low five means a gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.
What part of speech is low five?
Low five can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of low five?
The plural of low five is low fives.

Words near low five in the dictionary

  1. low fade
  2. low fantasies
  3. low fantasy
  4. Low Fell
  5. low fidelity
  6. low five
  7. low fived
  8. low fives
  9. low fiving
  10. low Fowler's
  11. Low Franconian

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