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glad-hands

glad-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glad-hand.

Meaning of glad-hand

Verb

glad-hand (third-person singular simple present glad-hands, present participle glad-handing, simple past and past participle glad-handed)

  1. (transitive) To be overly friendly with (a stranger) in order to gain an advantage.
    • Not in many a moon had he glad-handed so many people. […] The President, in fact, behaved noticeably like a candidate for reelection.1948 February 9, “The Presidency: Getting Ready”, in Time, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2011
  2. To extend a glad hand (to someone); to welcome warmly.

Questions about glad-hands

What is glad-hands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glad-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glad-hand.

Words near glad-hands in the dictionary

  1. glad-handed
  2. glad-hander
  3. glad-handers
  4. glad-handing
  5. glad-handings
  6. glad-hands
  7. gladded
  8. gladden
  9. gladden someone's heart
  10. gladdened
  11. gladdened someone's heart

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