Shake Hands

Definition: Shake Hands

Shake Hands

Verb

1. Take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Shake Hands

Courtesy

Receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade.

Forgiveness

Verb: forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury. excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at; (neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront.

Friendship

Shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part.

Pacification

Settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences; set straight; make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites; come to an understanding, come to terms; bridge over, hush up; make it, make matters up; shake hands; mend one's fences.

Crosswords: Shake Hands

Forgive me if I don't shake hands. (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.)

So, you refuse to shake hands with me, eh? (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

What a pleasure it is to shake hands with the womb that spilled Arthur out into the world. (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond)

We walk away, maybe then shake hands (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

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Books

• Shake Hands Forever (reference)

• Never Shake Hands With a Left-Handed Gunman (reference)

• Stand Up, Shake Hands, Say How Do You Do: What Boys Need to Know About Today's Manners (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Shake Hands with the Devil (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Shake Hands With Shorty (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific lines: the engineers shake hands. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Oregon, shake hands. Credit: Library of Congress.

Visitors waiting in line to shake hands with the President. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Travel

Denmark

Danes shake hands both for greetings upon arrival and departure from a meeting. (references)

Argentina

It is important to shake hands with everyone in the room upon arriving and leaving. (references)

Poland

American men are not expected to kiss a Polish woman's hand, but may simply shake hands. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "shake hands": shake hands on smth. ♦ shake hands with ♦ shake hands with people ♦ shake hands with smb. ♦ To shake hands. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏مصافحة (clasp, handshake, shake, shake hands on smth.), ‏صافح (clasp, palm, shake, shake hands with smb.). (various references)

Aymara

ampar loqtaña (to shake hands). (various references)

Chinese 

握 (to grasp, to hold). (various references)

Czech

podat si ruce (shake). (various references)

Dutch

de hand schudden. (various references)

Esperanto

manpremi. (various references)

Finnish

kätellä. (various references)

French

serrer la main � qn. (shake hands with smb., shake smb.'s hand), distribuer des poignées de main (shake hands with people). (various references)

German

sich die Hand geben (to shake hands). (various references)

Greek 

ανταλλάσσω χειραψία. (various references)

Hungarian

kezet fog (to shake hands). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

シアン化物 (Caesar, cyanide, schema, scheme, shade, shading, shake, shaker, shale oil, shape-up, share, shared, shareware, sharing, shaver, shaving, shaving cream, shaving foam, shaving lotion, sheik dollar). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

シェークハンド . (various references)

Maori

ruuruu (to shake hands). (various references)

Pig Latin

akeshay andshay

Portuguese

apertar a mão. (various references)

Romanian

strânge mâna cuiva (shake hands with smb., squeeze smb.'s hand), da mâna cu cineva (shake hands with smb.). (various references)

Spanish

darse la mano. (various references)

Swedish

skaka hand (clasp hands), ta varanda i hand. (various references)

Turkish

tokalaşmak (press flesh), tokalaşma (clasp, handshake), el sıkışmak, el sıkışma (shake of the hand). (various references)

Turkmen 

яeсlenmek, elleюmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

обмінятися потиском рук, потиснути руку. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: handshakes.

-1 letter: handshake.

-3 letters: khedahs, shanked.

-4 letters: dashes, hanked, hansas, hanses, hashed, hashes, kashas, khedah, khedas, kneads, sadhes, sashed, sedans, shades, shaken, shakes, shanks, shends, skeans, snaked, snakes, sneaks.

-5 letters: aahed, ahead, ankhs, ansae, ashed, ashen, ashes, asked, assed, deans, deash, desks, dhaks, hades, hahas, hakes, hands, hanks, hansa, hanse, heads, kanas, kanes, kasha, khans, kheda.