[
US
/ˈhændˌʃeɪk/
]
[ UK /hˈændʃeɪk/ ]
[ UK /hˈændʃeɪk/ ]
NOUN
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
How To Use handshake In A Sentence
- Show your appreciation with a handshake or even a letter.
- Instead of the classic English handshake at the end of matches, players opted instead for the ‘bro, you wuz good out there’ upright handclasp more usually seen on the streets of Harlem.
- He greeted me with a handshake and a glass of wine.
- The directors will each get a large golden handshake and a pension.
- I leant across to open the door and we ran through the French ritual: Bon jour, ça va handshake. SKORPION'S DEATH
- TCP, one of the main protocols used on the Internet, uses a three-way handshake to connect your browser to the Web site you want.
- After ten minutes there was a sudden eruption of amity, and handshakes all around.
- As exotic and exciting as the double handshake was the sorghum beer handed around in mud pots.
- The social workers and the parents exchanged hellos and handshakes and then introduced Jaime.
- Big hugs or strong handshakes while sharing the peace can be painful for people with arthritis or rheumatic conditions.
