handshaker
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]handshaker (plural handshakers)
- One who gives a handshake.
- 1960, James Boyer May, Trace - Issues 35-43, page 27:
- 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.
- 1973, James Joseph Thompson, Beyond words, page 145:
- Rough handshaker — He wants to appear tough and outgoing. He may be trying to hide his own feelings of insecurity.
- (slang, US) A deceitful person, a swindler.
Further reading
[edit]- “handshaker n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present