单词 | low-five |
释义 | low-fiven. Originally and chiefly U.S. Sport. 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Washington Post 15 Sept. d3/6 The Montrealers exchanged ‘high fives’, ‘low fives’ and ‘sidearm fives’. They didn't want to leave the field as the waves of cheers washed over them. 1982 Time 3 May 80 Dodger Leftfielder Dusty Baker thought the San Diego hand-slapping (high fives, low fives) a little elaborate for April. 1988 First Base Autumn 45/1 The Mets have lowered their hand-shake about five feet, making a High Five a Low Five. 2000 D. Conley Honky iv. 45 He gave a low five to the boy seated in front of him, checking first to see that the teacher was still turned toward the blackboard. 2010 T. Barber & R. Barber Red Zone vii. 68 He and Tiki exchanged the team handshake, which consisted of a high five, a low five, and a hip-wagging wiggle, all topped off by a ferocious double high five. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). low-fivev. Chiefly U.S. (originally Sport). 1. intransitive. To exchange low-fives. ΚΠ 1982 Los Angeles Times 19 Apr. iii. 7 They were high-fiving, low-fiving. I saw Tommy Lasorda hugging Fernando Valenzuela. 1992 D. Strawberry & A. Rust Darryl 213 Backslapping, high-fiving, low-fiving, giddy from the release of tension. 1994 Rolling Stone 30 June 22/3 In between takes the women exchange sly jokes... She and her band-mates low-five, crackling. 2009 M. Northrop Gentlemen 110 Everyone in the office was looking at us, so we just low-fived as we passed. 2. transitive. To congratulate or greet (a person) with a low-five. ΚΠ 1983 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 28 Aug. Lemon was mobbed by a line of teammates that reached half way up the third base line from home plate and he was high-fiving and low-fiving everybody in sight. 1985 Boston Globe 12 Sept. 29 First base coach..Tommy Helms low-fived him, Steve Garvey..shook his hand. 2004 New Yorker 10 May 90/3 He stood in place, and low-fived each one of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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