five-by-five

[ fahyv-bahy-fahyv ]

/ ˈfaɪv baɪˈfaɪv /

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adjective Slang: Facetious.

short and fat.

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Origin of five-by-five

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby five-by-five

Fitzwilliam Museum, Fiume, five, five-and-ten, five-a-side, five-by-five, Five Civilized Nations, five-eighth, Five-Elements School, five-faced bishop, five-finger

How to use five-by-five in a sentence

He walked over to the nearby table and opened a box some twelve inches long and five-by-five inches in cross section.
Anything You Can Do|Gordon Randall Garrett
He walked over to the nearby table and opened a box some twelve inches long and five-by-five inches in cross-section.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for five-by-five

five by five

interjection

an expression used in telecommunications to state that a signal is being received clearly

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