What does "five-by-five" mean?

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.

Five-by-five

Q: What is a synonym for "five-by-five"?

Common synonyms include: all are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey.

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
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.
2
Someone whose body is roughly shaped like a square; a short and fat person. slang
""Yeah? No stuff? You, a date? Wad yuh know. What is she, a five-by-five?""

Adjective

1
Loud and clear. not-comparable
""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?""
2
Fine; OK. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

all are derogatory unless otherwise labeled butterball chubbs chubster chunker chunky monkey

Example

More examples

""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?""

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

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