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footshake

footshake noun: a shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.

Noun

footshake (plural footshakes)

  1. A shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.
    • You can give a handshake. Can you give a footshake too?1963, Ted Glim, Story reading (book 14, page 9)
    • Assorted aliens awaiting their use of the facility slithered away politely as Chap Foey Rider made his way to the door, exchanging an occasional nod or footshake with rather less than his usual urbanity.2000, Hayford Peirce, Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars, page 76

Examples of footshake in a sentence

  • When the last step has been accomplished, bridge and reward only after handshake (footshake!) has been properly completed.2001, Bonnie Munro Doane, Parrot Training:
  • Like when I see / a couple of jocks in my health class / doing the secret footshake.2010, Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know, page 205:

Forms of footshake

pluralfootshakes

Origin of footshake

From foot + shake.

Questions about footshake

What does footshake mean?
Footshake means a shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.
How do you use footshake in a sentence?
When the last step has been accomplished, bridge and reward only after handshake (footshake!) has been properly completed.
What part of speech is footshake?
Footshake is a noun.
What is the plural of footshake?
The plural of footshake is footshakes.

Words near footshake in the dictionary

  1. footscraper
  2. footscrapers
  3. Footscray
  4. footscrew
  5. footscrews
  6. footshake
  7. footshakes
  8. footshock
  9. footshocked
  10. footshocking
  11. footshocks

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