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Noun. The police. Taken from the title of the U.S. TV series, Hawaii Five O.
, (five oh) n., the police. “Watch it, man, five-0 on that side street.â€Â [Etym., police code for police officers.]
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.
Surfie term where you stand at the head of the board with five toes over the nose.
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."
Give up the ship is slang for surrender, give up.
H.I.V. "Homey got the high-five from the skanch queen."Â
Give five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
Fiver is British slang for a five pound note, five pounds sterling.
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
Fiver (Five Pound Note)
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.
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n. pl.
Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.
v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
a.
Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
a.
Alt. of Five-leaved
n.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
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 collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
n.
Cinquefoil; five-finger.
n.
A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
v. i.
To play on a fife.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
a.
Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
n.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
v. t. & i.
To give.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
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