fives
fives
Definition
fives (fīvz)
noun
a kind of handball played in England
Etymology: prob. because orig. played by teams of five
fives
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: In fact he had been playing fives two day earlier at Eton.
Adjective modifier
- high: The engine is beautifully tuned and will pull from almost nothing well into the high fives.
- par: Much of it is due to the par fives, three of which play at least 580 yards.
Modifies a noun
- court: There is no fives court or activity at the new school at Kings Heath.
- ball: This involved the maximum amount of running about and hitting a fives ball without it ever becoming a formal game.
- player: Such is the life of a traveling fives player.
- team: The fives team toured to England only once this year - to the Northern Championships in February.
- group: There were also questionnaires for those who had booked the performers for their under fives group.
- time: In eight categories, the Challenger came top fives times and joint top three times.
Noun used with modifier
- school: The Governors of Chigwell were not prepared to finance the repair of the school fives courts.
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