Usually means: Slapping palms as celebratory gesture.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word high five:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. high-five, high five: Merriam-Webster
  2. high five: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. high-five: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. high-five, high-five, high five: Collins English Dictionary
  5. high-five: Vocabulary.com
  6. High-Five, High-five, high-five, high five: Wordnik
  7. high-five: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. high-five, high five: Wiktionary
  9. high-five: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. high-five: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. high-five, high five: Dictionary.com
  12. high-five: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. High Five (Columbus), High Five (band), High Five (novel), High Five, High-five, High five (disambiguation), High five: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. high-five: Rhymezone
  15. high-five, high five: FreeDictionary.org
  16. high-five: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. High five, high-five: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. High five: Phrase Finder
  19. high five: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. high-five (n.): Cats

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. high five, high five, high five: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. High-Five, high five: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. High Five: Card Games

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Definitions from Wiktionary (high five)

noun:  A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher.
noun:  A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement.
noun:  (card games, uncountable) The game of cinch.
verb:  (transitive) To slap high fives.

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