high fiven.
/ˌhʌɪ ˈfʌɪv/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈfaɪv/ 1. U.S. Cards. = cinch n. 3.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > all fours
all fours1674
seven-up1830
old sledge1834
pitch1860
California jack1865
Pedro Sancho1875
cinch1889
high five1889
Californian jack1893
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1889 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 20 July I have seen the wives splitting wood in the backyard while the husbands sat on the porch playing high five with the neighbors.
1898 S. Crane in Collier's Weekly 26 Nov. 14/2 Johnnie, son of Scully, in a tone which defined his opinion of his ability as a card-player, challenged the old farmer of both gray and sandy whiskers to a game of High-Five.
1910 E. W. Howe Trip to W. Indies 325 During the concert in the ladies' reading-room this afternoon, six people were playing high five, and were good-naturedly noisy.
1929 P. H. Seymour New Hoyle 237 Cinch... (High Five—Double Pedro)... 52 cards. Four players (partners, two against two).
1972 G. Beine & S. H. Cochell Land of Coyote 112 Fellows sometimes got together for card games, usually pitch, or high five.
2. Originally U.S. Sport. A gesture of celebration, congratulation, or greeting in which two people slap each other's palms, typically with their arms raised high over their heads. Hence: greetings, congratulations. In earlier use frequently in to lay (also slap) high fives, etc. Cf. low-five n.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] > express pleasure at or greet with pleasure
high-five1980
to lay (also slap) high fives1980
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > gesture of rejoicing
high five1980
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > slap hands
high-five1980
to lay (also slap) high fives1980
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > slapping hands
high five1980
low-five1980
1980 Boston Globe 25 Mar. 38/3 Rodney..clapped his brother the ‘high five’, this year's handslapping motion.
1981 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. b16/1 The entire St. Louis bench rose and smothered the player who had scored with highfives and head slaps.
1984 New Yorker 24 Dec. 31/1 Yule high-fives to lay upon Folks like Akeem Olajuwon, Cyndi Lauper, [etc.].
1986 Daily News (N.Y.) 23 May 17/1 Women prisoners at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility will slap high fives in the prison yard.
1996 S. King Desperation iv. v. 638 David ran to him and gave him a high-five. ‘Good going, Dad!’
2004 Keyboard Feb. 58/1 The 2661 gets an official Keyboard high five for the most smokin' SmartMedia card slot in the business.
2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year ii. 18 Brian stabbed at the Ground Floor button, the doors closed and the twins did a high five.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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