Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

five-by-five

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: five-by--five
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Loud and clear.

Informal

adj

Fine; OK.

Informal

noun

A performance in which a player accumulates five points in each of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in a single game.

noun

Someone whose body is roughly shaped like a square; a short and fat person.

Slang

Example Sentences

""Hon, are you getting good data from us?" "Five-by-five." "Any sign of hostiles?" "Nope." "Can I get a few more syllables from you?""
"McInnis nodded, and Carter keyed the mic. "CAONCI-Site-43 calling Overwatch Command," he intoned in his best radio voice. Veiksaar smirked. "CAONCI-Site-43, Overwatch Command. Do you read?" The response came immediately, to the visible relief of all nine of them. Even Wettle. "Five by five, CAONCI-Site-43. Five by five.""
""Yeah? No stuff? You, a date? Wad yuh know. What is she, a five-by-five?""
""The muscle was Oscar Huong, a real Mr. five-by-five. Father supposedly a black Marine boxing champion. The brains was Nguyen Trinh—or 'Nugey,' for short. He had no idea who his daddy was.""

Etymology

From radio communications phrase dating from the 1950s. The first five referred to a rating of signal clarity, the other to reception strength. See Signal strength and readability report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Usage

Inflected Forms

five by five (alternative) five-by-fives (plural)

Synonyms

All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled butterball chod chodder chubbs chubster chunker chunky monkey elephant fat fatfuck fatso

Questions

What does five-by-five mean?: Loud and clear.
Where does five-by-five come from?: From radio communications phrase dating from the 1950s. The first five referred to a rating of signal clarity, the other to reception strength. See Signal strength and readability report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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