TO SHAKE HANDS

Definition: TO SHAKE HANDS

1. To perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.

English words defined with "TO SHAKE HANDS": To strike hands with, To strike one luck. (references)

Specialty definitions using "TO SHAKE HANDS": Shaking Hands. (references)

Modern Usage: TO SHAKE HANDS

Domain

Usage

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)

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

Photo Album: TO SHAKE HANDS

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	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.

Familiar Quotations: TO SHAKE HANDS

Author	Quotation
Oscar Wilde	When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: TO SHAKE HANDS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Argentina	It is important to shake hands with everyone in the room upon arriving and leaving. (references)
	Mexico	When meeting in a group, it is customary to shake hands with all upon arrival and departure. (references)
	Japan	Japanese bow when greeting each other but will expect to shake hands with foreign executives. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: TO SHAKE HANDS

Language		Translations for "TO SHAKE HANDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Aymara		ampar loqtaña. (various references)

Chinese		握手 , 握別 . (various references)

German		sich die Hand geben. (various references)

Hungarian		kezet fog. (various references)

Maori		ruuruu. (various references)

Pig Latin		otay akeshay andshay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO SHAKE HANDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-h-k-n-o-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: handshakes.
	-3 letters: handshake.
	-4 letters: handsets, hotheads, kathodes, khanates, sandshoe.
	-5 letters: ansated, dankest, donates, handset, hastens, hothead, hotness, kathode, khanate, khedahs, shakoes, shanked, sheaths, snathes, sonatas, stashed, takahes, thanked.
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