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▪ I. low-five, n. slang (chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ləʊˈfʌɪv|, U.S. |ˈloʊˈfaɪv|
[‹ low adj. + five n., after high-five n.]
A gesture of celebration or greeting in which two people slap each other's hands with arms extended at or below waist level. Cf. high-five n.
1982Time 3 May 80 Dodger Leftfielder Dusty Baker thought the San Diego hand-slapping (high fives, low fives) a little elaborate for April. 1988First Base Autumn 45/1 The Mets have lowered their hand-shake about five feet, making a High Five a Low Five. 1999N.Y. Times 29 Aug. cy. 13 We all surrounded him slapping fives (the old-fashioned low five, as opposed to today's high five).
▪ II. low-five, v. slang (chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ləʊˈfʌɪv|, U.S. |ˈloʊˈfaɪv|
[‹ low-five n. Compare earlier high-five v. at high-five n. Derivatives.]
intr. To exchange low-fives. Cf. high-five v. at high-five n. Derivatives.
1990Re: Happy Mail-order Victim in rec.music.gdead (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Mar. I got to high five Mick when he came over to our side of the stage (he sort of low fived me). 1992D. Strawberry & A. Rust Darryl 213 Backslapping, high-fiving, low-fiving, giddy from the release of tension. 1994Rolling Stone 30 June 22/3 In between takes the women exchange sly jokes... She and her band-mates low-five, crackling. 1996N.Y. Times 29 Dec. e9/4 There are enough standard-English speakers who just love to ‘talk black’,..and who, encountering any black person, start..high and low-fiving to beat the band. |