handshake
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈhændʃeɪk/
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apretón de manos
- You know when you go for a handshake and it just doesn't pan out the way you thought it would?
- a firm handshake
- hugs and handshakes
And it's this like extremely long handshake just for the glamour shot.
- And it's this like extremely long handshake just for the glamour shot.
- That is, you know, informal relationships, handshake deals, experimentation, what have you.
- Oh, well, first time I met him was just a handshake sort of thing.
- Shunning handshakes and gasp, even hugs.
- They forget what the deal was on a handshake.
- Is that a thumbs up secret handshake?
- I think it would go well, you know, I have a good handshake.
- So you're supposed to do it three times and they call it a handshake.
- He was getting back slapped and handshake, handshakes all over the room.
- And it was like a, it was like a handshake quid pro quo, right?
- There was some very there was some handshakes, expensive handshakes.
Examples
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When the price is agreed, a huge slap of the hand followed by a handshake seals the bid.
Academic text (2005) -
Which is better, the handshake or the fist bump?
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But do you guys have a handshake that you show in public?
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Just like a normal handshake and hello would have been fine.
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Oh, well, first time I met him was just a handshake sort of thing.
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Just for the record, a handshake will do for me.
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Can you do it on a handshake, or should you have a written agreement?
Academic text (2011) -
"I could have finished the conversation then with a handshake and a firm good-bye."
Fiction book (1993) -
We invite them in, she accepts my hug and a firm handshake from my husband, and then she opens her mouth.
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When they met for the first time, they exchanged a firm handshake to greet each other.
Synonyms
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An act of holding and moving someone's hand up and down as a greeting
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2.7
Holding and moving another person's hand as a greeting or sign of agreement
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2.9
A firm hold of another person's hand as a greeting or agreement
Compounds
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5.5
Money that a company pays an employee when they leave, often to encourage early retirement
- Specialized
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8.0
A short message exchange that proves identity and creates keys for secure communication
How Respectful
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Morphology
Etymology
Handshake comes from the simple parts hand and shake, because people would grasp and move each other's hand to show they had 'empty hands' and no weapon. So a handshake became a way to greet, say goodbye, or seal an agreement.