Handshaker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handshaker is a noun meaning One who gives a handshake.
Meaning
One who gives a handshake.
More Meanings
- (slang, US) A deceitful person, a swindler.
Example Sentences
Rough handshaker — He wants to appear tough and outgoing. He may be trying to hide his own feelings of insecurity.
A potentially great statesman is not likely to be by natural inclination an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie; yet, no one who is not an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie can become a great statesman, if it is up to the man in the street, the man on the road, the man on the dirt road, and the man in the blind alley — the electorate, in short.
Word Forms
- handshakers
- hand-shaker
- hand shaker
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hand-shaker, handholder, glad-hander, shaker, shaver, shover.
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