handshaking
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- noun
- /ˈhændˌʃeɪkɪŋ/
- At the business conference, there was a lot of handshaking as attendees greeted one another.
- handshaking session
- handshaking and kissing
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Examples
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There was a lot of handshaking, a lot of congratulations.
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He was planning to leave town right after the handshaking, without even a public goodbye to Minnie.
Fiction book (1991) -
We knew that, despite all the diplomacy and the handshaking and the rhetoric, to build a really better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down.
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While it seemed that the majority of attendees this year were "providers" rather than "buyers," anyone who took a proactive approach to handshaking was sure to walk away with at least a handful of good leads.
Blog text (28) -
A stop at his campaign headquarters in Seattle followed, then more sign-waving in Tacoma, a visit to a phone bank in Auburn, and still more handshaking in Kent before Inslee's departure for an Election Night party in the grand ballroom at the Westin in Seattle.
Blog text (6) -
After the presentation, the speaker engaged in handshaking with the audience to celebrate a successful event.
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When the two leaders met for the first time, their handshaking signified the start of a new partnership.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short greeting where two people hold and shake hands
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An act of holding and moving someone's hand up and down as a greeting
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A firm hold of another person's hand as a greeting or agreement
How Firm
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handshaking comes from the simple joining of hand and shake, literally meaning 'moving the hand'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of people shaking hands as a 'greeting' or a sign of 'agreement', which is why handshaking shows trust or respect.