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handshake

[ hand-sheyk ]

noun

  1. a gripping and shaking of right hands by two individuals, such as to symbolize greeting, congratulation, agreement, or farewell:

    It was a verbal contract, sealed with a firm handshake.

  2. Also handshaking. Computers. an exchange of predetermined signals between networked or linked devices that is made when a connection is initially established or at intervals during data transmission in order to assure proper synchronization (also used attributively):

    A successful handshake is required between the server and client before the application will launch.

    Two handshake signals are exchanged between the computer and the printer—one from each device.



handshake

/ ˈ³óæ²Ô»åˌʃ±ðɪ°ì /

noun

  1. the act of grasping and shaking a person's hand, as when being introduced or agreeing on a deal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of handshake1

First recorded in 1870–75; hand + shake
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Idioms and Phrases

see golden handshake .
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Example Sentences

They quickly assembled in the handshake line then walked around the court to salute their home fans.

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She jumped up afterwards and went over to each of them, giving them hugs and consoling handshakes.

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During Trump's first term, his antipathy for Trudeau was evident from the start and it began with one of Trump's famous handshakes.

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There is a reason why fresh from all the diplomatic handshakes, Sir Keir was back in the more familiar hi-vis and hard hat announcing defence jobs in Belfast.

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The event ended with a cordial handshake between the two champions, who will headline the all-female card at London's Royal Albert Hall.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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