Showing posts with label celebration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebration. Show all posts

high five


n.

A celebratory or mutually congratulatory gesture between two persons performed by each slapping the other's raised right hand.

Also used as a verb.

Give me five!

Idiom (mainly American, informal)

Something that you say when you want someone to hit your open hand with theirs, in order to greet them or to show how pleased you are.

firecracker


n.

A small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing, exploded to make noise, as at celebrations.

Also known as a cracker, noisemaker, or banger.

confetti


pl.n.

Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are scattered around during the course of festive occasions.

Confetti is made up of small pieces of paper or plastic which are usually thrown at celebrations, such as a wedding.

The English word "confetti" is related to the Italian sweet of the same name. Italian confetti are almonds with a hard sugar coating.

eg.

More than 1 million revelers in Times Square greeted 2007 with cheers, kisses and a whopping 3.5 tons of confetti at the city's massive New Year's Eve party.

fireworks


n.

Display of fireworks. Also called a fireworks display, fireworks event or fireworks show.

firework

n.

A device containing chemicals that burn or explode spectacularly, used at celebrations or as a signal. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display.