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handshaker

handshaker noun: one who gives a handshake.

Noun

handshaker (plural handshakers)

  1. One who gives a handshake.
    • 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...1960, James Boyer May, Trace - Issues 35-43, page 27
    • Rough handshaker — He wants to appear tough and outgoing. He may be trying to hide his own feelings of insecurity.1973, James Joseph Thompson, Beyond words, page 145
  2. (US, slang) A deceitful person, a swindler.

Forms of handshaker

pluralhandshakers
alternative formhand-shaker
alternative formhand shaker

Origin of handshaker

From hand + shaker.

Questions about handshaker

What does handshaker mean?
Handshaker means one who gives a handshake.
What part of speech is handshaker?
Handshaker is a noun.
What is the plural of handshaker?
The plural of handshaker is handshakers.

Words near handshaker in the dictionary

  1. handsful
  2. handshake
  3. handshake deal
  4. handshake deals
  5. handshaked
  6. handshaker
  7. handshakers
  8. handshakes
  9. handshaking
  10. handshakings
  11. handshape

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