fives

[ fahyvz ]

/ faɪvz /

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noun (used with a singular verb)British.

a game resembling handball, played on a court having a front wall and two side walls.

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Origin of fives

First recorded in 1630–40; five + -s³

Words nearby fives

Five Nations Championship, five o'clock shadow, fivepenny, fivepins, fiver, fives, five senses, five-speed, five-spice powder, five-spot, five-star

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How to use fives in a sentence

When an armored truck convoy stops, the patrol leader will give the command “fives and twenty-fives” over the radio.
'Fives and Twenty-Fives' Is Fiction Honed in a Combat Zone|Brian Castner|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frat Bro Cousin Prepare for lots of high-fives with this one.
Thanksgiving Talking Points Guide: Guide to Hot-Button Topics, and Ones to Avoid|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This does not seem like a very natural packaging size; things usually come in fives and tens.
The Incredible Shrinking Sugar Bag|Megan McArdle|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Just don't expect high fives at your neighborhood barbecue for defending poor, misunderstood multinational corporations.
Toyota's a Victim, Not a Villain|Eric Dezenhall|February 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST

But more than once I was paid for my services with a handful of crinkled ones and fives.
Priests Who Hired Me for Sex|Mike Jones|July 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He was starting to make his conquest backed by one twenty, three fives, four twos, and ninety cents in silver.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
The midribs are removed while green, and the leaves are rolled into bundles of convenient size, say by fives.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller
Only in field artillery, in the now famous "seventy-fives," could France claim any advantage.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)|Various
Bugles sang cheerily; mules, linked in fives, were being zigzagged frowardly down to water.
From Capetown to Ladysmith|G. W. Steevens
He produced a wallet, from which he drew out five one-hundred-dollar bills and three fives.
Ben's Nugget|Horatio, Jr. Alger

British Dictionary definitions for fives

fives

/ (faɪvz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) a ball game similar to squash but played with bats or the hands

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Origin of fives

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