hang five

English

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Verb

hang five (third-person singular simple present hangs five, present participle hanging five, simple past and past participle hung five)

1. (surfing) To perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back.
   • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

     They always like to do one better than `the yanks' as they call us. So if you go out and hang five, they'll go out and hang ten.

Related terms

• cheater five
• hang ten

Noun

hang five (plural hang fives)

1. (surfing) This type of longboard move.