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H.I.V. "Homey got the high-five from the skanch queen."Â
Noun. A five-pound monetary note. {Informal}
Give me a five man
Acre is slang for buttock. Acre is slang for testicle.
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."
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.
Five bellies is British slang for an obese person.
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
, (five oh) n., the police. “Watch it, man, five-0 on that side street.â€Â [Etym., police code for police officers.]
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
Five pinter is British slang for an ugly woman.
Fiver is British slang for a five pound note, five pounds sterling.
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 five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
Five acre farms was old British rhyming slang for arms.
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v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
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. i.
To play on a fife.
v. t. & i.
To give.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
a.
Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
v. t.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
a.
Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
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Alt. of Five-leaved
n.
A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
n.
Cinquefoil; five-finger.
n.
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
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.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
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