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Five to four is London Cockney rhyming slang for sure.
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.
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 to two is racing rhyming slang for a Jew.
Five to twos was old London Cockney rhyming slang for shoes.
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
Jew. If you're a fiver then today's your Sabbath.
To be in easy circumstances, to live comfortably.
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.]
Noun. A five-pound monetary note. {Informal}
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 pinter is British slang for an ugly woman.
Fiver is British slang for a five pound note, five pounds sterling.
Give five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
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v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
a.
Alt. of Five-leaved
v. t.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
v. t.
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
n.
To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
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. i.
To play on a fife.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
n.
Cinquefoil; five-finger.
n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
v. t. & i.
To give.
v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
v. i.
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
v. i.
To give a gift or gifts.
a.
To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
n.
To pledge; as, to give one's word.
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