high five



high five

1. n. a greeting where the palm of the hand is raised and slapped against another person’s palm similarly raised. (Compare this with low five.) They exchanged a high five and went on with the show.
2. tv. & in. to greet someone as described in sense 1 They high fived and went off together.
See also: five, high

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
OlafO-lahf (German, Dutch)Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
Toma (1)-Russian
HaydnHAY-dənEnglish (British)
Achieng-Eastern African, Luo
AlbinAHL-been (Polish) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene
KalebKAY-ləbEnglish (Modern)