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单词 high-fiving
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high-fivingn.

Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈfʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈfaɪvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: high five n., high-five v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < high five n. or high-five v. + -ing suffix1. Compare high-fiving adj.
Originally U.S. Sport.
The action of exchanging high fives. Cf. high five n. 2.
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1980 Los Angeles Times 8 June iii. 6/2 Every baseball fan should know..the derivation and social implications of ‘high-fiving’.
1988 R. Angell Season Ticket (1989) xiii. 343 I do remember the growing delirium,..and then, at the very end, all the whooping and hollering and inaccurate high-fiving, and some wild hugging.
1991 J. Batten Blood Count xxii. 172 A dozen short, swarthy guys stood at the bar watching a television set and doing a lot of cheering and high fiving.
1999 Y. M. Murray What it takes to get to Vegas xi. 177 There was all kinds of racket—high-fiving and war-whooping and fists pounding on the heavybags.
2011 Time Out N.Y. 21 Apr. 56/4 The whys are overwhelmed by the hows and celebratory high-fiving.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

high-fivingadj.

Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈfʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈfaɪvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: high five n., high-five v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < high five n. or high-five v. + -ing suffix2. Compare high-fiving n.
Originally U.S. Sport.
That exchanges high fives, esp. habitually; exchanging high fives. Also: characterized by high-fiving. Cf. high five n. 2.
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1984 Commonwealth: Mag. Virginia Business Aug. 45/2 Walker, creator of the Redskins' high-fiving Fun Bunch.
1997 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Sports section) 43 His team won, and when they did, the coach went into an orgy of arm-pumping, high-fiving ecstasy.
2005 New Scientist 10 Sept. 32/1 On 4 July, the world's TV screens were filled with high-fiving NASA astronomers celebrating the Deep Impact mission's direct hit on comet Tempel 1.
2011 J. Weiner Then came You 113 Kimmie had started dating one of Dan's friends, a high-fiving, barrel-chested lacrosse player named Chet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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