Gesture
Gesture noun - A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling.
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High-five and gesture are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "High-five" with "Gesture", this terms are similar.
High-five
High-five noun - A gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person.
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Greeting Gesture Confusion: In the episode "Dream Mutt", when Billy meets his dream dog, Wiggy Jiggy Jed, he offers Billy a handshake but Billy gives him a high-five instead.
- The lightest form of this will involve a character trying to high-five a "square" (or some other "hip" handshaking alternative), who has no idea at all how to return the gesture or does know but finds it ridiculous and annoying and only returns the gesture to avoid being rude.
Source: Jive Turkey -
Mexican apple pickers are mentioned often... Greeting Gesture Confusion: In "My Karma", Turk holds out his fist to Ted for a fist-bump and Ted slaps it, as though it were a high-five.
Source: Series / Scrubs
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