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Give five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
Five pinter is British slang for an ugly woman.
Five furlong job is British slang for someone unable to last very long at something.
Currently used as an affirmative response - i.e. a complete interjective sentence ("Five by Five!") or as an adjective ("I'm five by five with that"). Meaning: everything's okay, under control, copacetic, hunky-dory, etc. Was in use in the movie Aliens (1986) nd was a hallmark of the character "Faith" from Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, which marks its passage into general understanding. However it was in use far earlier that either of those with a specific purpose and rationale for its existence. The phrase dates back to World War II, originating from radio voice communications. When operators used to talk to each other they first used the phrase “loud and clear†to describe their reception among each other. With a desire to be more precise, they adopted a numerical scale from one to five. Shortly thereafter, these radio operators incorporated the phrase 'five by five' ('five out of five for volume and clarity' i.e. 'loud and clear.'). So '5 by 5 means 'I hear you loud and clear.' Certainly was in common use in exactly this way in the US Army during the Vietnam war. Certainly was in common use in exactly this way in the US Army during the Vietnam war. (ed: we are interested in knowing if the phrase is any older than 1986?) We ask and we receive - seems Stephen heard it in use in (of all places) the 'Thunderbirds' puppet show in the 1960's.
Give me a five man
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
Flong is journalist slang for material that is not urgently topical.
, (five oh) n., the police. “Watch it, man, five-0 on that side street.â€Â [Etym., police code for police officers.]
Five bellies is British slang for an obese person.
A way of telling someone to take a five minute break or to take a five minute break.Hey, Cleanhead, this is a cool tune and we're blowin' too hot. We oughta "take five."
Fiver is British slang for a five pound note, five pounds sterling.
five pounds (£5), from the mid-1800s. More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds.
H.I.V. "Homey got the high-five from the skanch queen."Â
Noun. A five-pound monetary note. {Informal}
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
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v. t.
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
v. i.
To play on a fife.
v. t.
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
n.
Cinquefoil; five-finger.
v. t. & i.
To give.
v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
n.
The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.
v. t.
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
a.
Alt. of Five-leaved
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
a.
Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
v. t.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
n.
A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
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