high-fives

Celebratory palm smacks

High-fives is the plural of high-five, a celebratory gesture in which two people slap raised palms together.

The gesture marks achievement, agreement, or shared excitement: High-fives all around after the team won.

As a verb, to high-five someone is to exchange this gesture: She high-fived her teammate.

celebration

slap

Open-handed blow

victory · achievement · success · teamwork · enthusiasm · energy · excitement · joy · triumph · encouragement

greeting

slap

Open-handed blow

  • palmHand's flat interior
  • waveOscillating motion through medium
  • gestureCommunicative body movement

acknowledgment · handshake · fist-bump · salute · nod · welcome · camaraderie · connection · rapport · informal

Opposites
celebratory gesture type

high-fivesslaps

Open-handed blows

fist bumps · punches · shoves · middle fingers · thumbs down

social reception

high-fivesleft hanging

Abandoned without resolution

snubs · cold shoulders · rejections · brush-offs · shuns

emotional valence

high-fivesslaps in the face

Sudden shocking insults

punches · slaps · shoves · strikes · smacks

Family

five, fives, high-five, high-fiving

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G