Editing High five (section)

{{Short description|Hand gesture}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:US Navy 110804-N-DR144-456 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick D. West high fives Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet.jpg|thumb|A high five between two [[U.S. Navy]] Sailors]]
[[File:Curiosity Rover Begins Mars Mission - high-five clip.webm|thumb|right|NASA's [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity''-rover]] team celebrate with high fives after the landing on Mars, August 2012. Variations seen include: the two-handed high-five; the top-shake swagger; the high-five gauntlet; the air-five; the high-five left hanging.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVzfDZlEwaU  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/FVzfDZlEwaU |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Outtake of celebrations after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars |publisher=NASA |via=YouTube |date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>]]
The '''high five''' is a [[hand gesture]] whereby two people simultaneously raise one hand and slap the flat of their palm against the other.<ref name="Spears" /> The gesture is often preceded verbally by a phrase like "Give me five", "High five", or "Up top". Its meaning varies with the context of use but can include as a greeting, congratulations, or celebration.

There are many origin stories of the high five,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outsports.com/2013/2/26/4034108/the-man-who-invented-the-high-five |title=The Man Who Invented the High-Five |work=The Diamond Angle |agency=Outsports.com (2003) |author=Bob Brigham |date=1995 |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref> but the first and two most documented candidates are [[Dusty Baker]] and [[Glenn Burke]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] professional baseball team on October 2, 1977, and [[Wiley Brown]] and [[Derek Smith (basketball)|Derek Smith]] of the [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville Cardinals]] men's college basketball team during the 1978–1979 season.<ref name=mooallem/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2012/04/19/gay-history-high-five|title=The Gay History of the High Five|date=2012-04-19|access-date=2017-03-06|language=en}}</ref>