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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Low Five" redirects here. For the Sneaker Pimps song, see <a href="Low_Five_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Low Five (song)">Low Five (song)</a>.</div>
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<p>The <b>low five</b> is a hand gesture when two people slap palms together. One party extends an open palm, face upward at about waist level, the other party strikes the palm in a downward swing with their open palm. It is sometimes known as "slapping five", "give me five", or "giving/slapping skin". Archaic terms for it include "slip-slapping", "slapping the plank" and "soul shake".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The gesture is an antecedent of the <a href="High_five" title="High five">high five</a> which appeared in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Crockett_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crockett-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The low five had been known since at least the 1920s when it was used as a symbol of unity among African-Americans,<sup id="cite_ref-smitherman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smitherman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had more of a status as an underground symbol of solidarity than as a widespread gesture.<sup id="cite_ref-Crockett_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crockett-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="African-American_English" title="African-American English">African-American English</a> this was known as "giving skin" or "slapping skin".<sup id="cite_ref-smitherman_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smitherman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In the 1927 film <i><a href="The_Jazz_Singer" title="The Jazz Singer">The Jazz Singer</a></i>, actor <a href="Al_Jolson" title="Al Jolson">Al Jolson</a> performs the low five, in celebration of the news of a Broadway audition. Written evidence can be found in <a href="Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a>'s 1938 <i>Hepster's Dictionary</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-smitherman_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smitherman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Gimme Some Skin" was a term current in <a href="Hipster_(1940s_subculture)" title="Hipster (1940s subculture)">1940s Hipster subculture</a> and had crossed over to mainstream culture, as seen in the 1941 <a href="Abbott_and_Costello" title="Abbott and Costello">Abbott and Costello</a> film <i><a href="In_the_Navy_(film)" title="In the Navy (film)">In the Navy</a></i> where the <a href="Andrews_Sisters" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrews Sisters">Andrews Sisters</a> perform "Gimme Some Skin, My Friend" and choreograph giving low fives.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after in the high-profile 1943 all-star Black film <i><a href="Stormy_Weather_(1943_film)" title="Stormy Weather (1943 film)">Stormy Weather</a></i>, Cab Calloway receives a double low five from <a href="The_Nicholas_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nicholas Brothers">The Nicholas Brothers</a> as they begin their dance number to Calloway's song "<a href="Jumpin'_Jive" title="Jumpin' Jive">Jumpin' Jive</a>". <a href="Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a> later told the Nicholas Brothers that the "Jumpin' Jive" dance sequence was "the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations">Variations</h2></div>
<p>Variations that evolved in the black community include <i>five on the black hand side</i> (giving skin on the darker outer hand side) and <i>five on the sly</i> (a low five behind the back).<sup id="cite_ref-smitherman_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smitherman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="High_five" title="High five">High five</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Handshake" title="Handshake">Handshake</a></li>
<li><a href="Waving" title="Waving">Hand wave</a></li>
<li><a href="High_five" title="High five">High five</a></li>
<li><a href="Hongi" title="Hongi">Hongi</a></li>
<li><a href="ILY_sign" title="ILY sign">ILY sign</a></li>
<li><a href="Kiss" title="Kiss">Kiss</a></li>
<li><a href="Liberian_snap_handshake" title="Liberian snap handshake">Liberian snap handshake</a></li>
<li><a href="Lip_kiss" title="Lip kiss">Lip kiss</a></li>
<li><a href="Namaste" title="Namaste">Namaste</a></li>
<li><a href="OK_gesture" title="OK gesture">OK</a></li>
<li><a href="Pinky_swear" title="Pinky swear">Pinky swear</a></li>
<li><a href="Pound_hug" title="Pound hug">Pound hug</a></li>
<li><a href="Shaka_sign" title="Shaka sign">Shaka</a></li>
<li><a href="Thumb_signal" title="Thumb signal">Thumb signal</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gestures of respect</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adab_(gesture)" title="Adab (gesture)">Adab</a></li>
<li><a href="A%C3%B1jali_Mudr%C4%81" title="Añjali Mudrā">Añjali Mudrā</a></li>
<li><a href="Bowing" title="Bowing">Bow</a></li>
<li><a href="Canonical_digits" title="Canonical digits">Canonical digits</a></li>
<li><a href="Curtsy" title="Curtsy">Curtsy</a></li>
<li><a href="Fist-and-palm" title="Fist-and-palm">Fist-and-palm</a></li>
<li><a href="Gadaw" title="Gadaw">Gadaw</a></li>
<li><a href="Genuflection" title="Genuflection">Genuflection</a></li>
<li><a href="Hand-kissing" title="Hand-kissing">Hand-kiss</a></li>
<li><a href="Hat_tip" title="Hat tip">Hat tip</a></li>
<li><a href="Kowtow" title="Kowtow">Kowtow</a></li>
<li><a href="Kuji-in" title="Kuji-in">Kuji-in</a></li>
<li><a href="Mano_(gesture)" title="Mano (gesture)">Mano</a></li>
<li><a href="Mudra" title="Mudra">Mudra</a></li>
<li><a href="Namaste" title="Namaste">Namaste</a></li>
<li><a href="Bowing_in_Japan" title="Bowing in Japan">Ojigi</a></li>
<li><a href="Orans" title="Orans">Orans</a></li>
<li><a href="Pran%C4%81ma" title="Pranāma">Pranāma</a></li>
<li><a href="Prostration" title="Prostration">Prostration</a></li>
<li><a href="Sampeah" title="Sampeah">Sampeah</a></li>
<li><a href="Sembah" title="Sembah">Sembah</a></li>
<li><a href="Schwurhand" title="Schwurhand">Schwurhand</a></li>
<li><a href="Thai_greeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai greeting">Wai</a></li>
<li><a href="Zolgokh" title="Zolgokh">Zolgokh</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Salute" title="Salute">Salutes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bellamy_salute" title="Bellamy salute">Bellamy salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Nazi_salute" title="Nazi salute">Nazi salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Raised_fist" title="Raised fist">Raised fist</a></li>
<li><a href="Roman_salute" title="Roman salute">Roman salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Scout_sign_and_salute" title="Scout sign and salute">Scout sign and salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Three-finger_salute_(Serbian)" title="Three-finger salute (Serbian)">Three-finger salute (Serbian)</a></li>
<li><a href="Three-finger_salute_(pro-democracy)" title="Three-finger salute (pro-democracy)">Three-finger salute (pro-democracy)</a></li>
<li><a href="Two-finger_salute" title="Two-finger salute">Two-finger salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Vulcan_salute" title="Vulcan salute">Vulcan salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Wolf_salute" title="Wolf salute">Wolf salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Zogist_salute" title="Zogist salute">Zogist salute</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Celebratory gestures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Applause" title="Applause">Applause</a></li>
<li><a href="Crossed_hands" title="Crossed hands">Crossed hands</a></li>
<li><a href="Fist_pump" title="Fist pump">Fist pump</a></li>
<li><a href="High_five" title="High five">High five</a></li>

<li><a href="Self-clasping_handshake" title="Self-clasping handshake">Victory clasp</a></li>
<li><a href="V_sign" title="V sign">V sign</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Finger-counting" title="Finger-counting">Finger-counting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Chinese_number_gestures" title="Chinese number gestures">Chinese number gestures</a></li>
<li><a href="Chisanbop" title="Chisanbop">Chisanbop</a></li>
<li><a href="Finger_binary" title="Finger binary">Finger binary</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Obscene_gesture" title="Obscene gesture">Obscene gestures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Anasyrma" title="Anasyrma">Anasyrma</a></li>
<li><a href="Bras_d'honneur" title="Bras d'honneur">Bras d'honneur</a></li>
<li><a href="Fig_sign" title="Fig sign">Fig sign</a></li>
<li><a href="The_finger" title="The finger">Middle finger</a></li>
<li><a href="Mooning" title="Mooning">Mooning</a></li>
<li><a href="Mountza" title="Mountza">Mountza</a></li>
<li><a href="Nazi_salute" title="Nazi salute">Nazi salute</a></li>
<li><a href="V_sign#As_an_insult" title="V sign">Reversed V sign</a></li>
<li><a href="Shocker_(gesture)" title="Shocker (gesture)">Shocker</a></li>
<li><a href="Sign_of_the_horns" title="Sign of the horns">Sign of the horns</a></li>
<li><a href="OK_(gesture)" class="mw-redirect" title="OK (gesture)">Thumb/index-finger ring</a></li>
<li><a href="Wanker" title="Wanker">Wanker</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Taunting" title="Taunting">Taunts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Akanbe" title="Akanbe">Akanbe</a></li>
<li><a href="Loser_(hand_gesture)" title="Loser (hand gesture)">Loser</a></li>
<li><a href="Talk_to_the_hand" title="Talk to the hand">Talk to the hand</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head motions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Head_bobble" title="Head bobble">Head bobble</a></li>
<li><a href="Head_shake" title="Head shake">Head shake</a></li>
<li><a href="Nod_(gesture)" title="Nod (gesture)">Nod</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other gestures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Air_quotes" title="Air quotes">Air quotes</a></li>
<li><a href="Allergic_salute" title="Allergic salute">Allergic salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Aussie_salute" title="Aussie salute">Aussie salute</a></li>
<li><a href="Awkward_turtle" title="Awkward turtle">Awkward turtle</a></li>
<li><a href="Che_vuoi%3F" title="Che vuoi?">Che vuoi?</a></li>
<li><a href="Crossed_fingers" title="Crossed fingers">Crossed fingers</a></li>
<li><a href="Distress_hand_signal" title="Distress hand signal">Distress signal</a></li>
<li><a href="Duterte_fist" title="Duterte fist">Duterte fist</a></li>
<li><a href="Eyelid_pull" title="Eyelid pull">Eyelid pull</a></li>
<li><a href="Facepalm" title="Facepalm">Facepalm</a></li>
<li><a href="Finger_gun" title="Finger gun">Finger gun</a></li>
<li><a href="Gang_sign" title="Gang sign">Gang sign</a></li>
<li><a href="Hand-in-waistcoat" title="Hand-in-waistcoat">Hand-in-waistcoat</a></li>
<li><a href="Hand_rubbing" title="Hand rubbing">Hand rubbing</a></li>
<li><a href="Jazz_hands" title="Jazz hands">Jazz hands</a></li>
<li><a href="Laban_sign" title="Laban sign">Laban sign</a></li>
<li><a href="Merkel-Raute" title="Merkel-Raute">Merkel-Raute</a></li>
<li><a href="Pointing" title="Pointing">Pointing</a></li>
<li><a href="Pollice_verso" title="Pollice verso">Pollice verso</a></li>
<li><a href="Shrug" title="Shrug">Shrug</a></li>
<li><a href="Sign_of_the_cross" title="Sign of the cross">Sign of the cross</a>
<ul><li><a href="Lesser_sign_of_the_cross" title="Lesser sign of the cross">Lesser sign of the cross</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_gestures" title="List of gestures">List of gestures</a></li>
<li><a href="Articulatory_gestures" title="Articulatory gestures">Articulatory gestures</a></li>
<li><a href="Finger_pinching_conspiracy_theory" title="Finger pinching conspiracy theory">Finger pinching conspiracy theory</a></li>
<li><a href="Hand_signals" title="Hand signals">Hand signals</a></li>
<li><a href="Manual_communication" title="Manual communication">Manual communication</a></li>
<li><a href="Mudra" title="Mudra">Mudra</a></li>
<li><a href="Nonverbal_communication" title="Nonverbal communication">Nonverbal communication</a></li>
<li><a href="Sign_language" title="Sign language">Sign language</a></li></ul>
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