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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
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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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