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Definition: Handshake |
HandshakeNoun1. Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "handshake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Handshake handshaking. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Electrical Engineering | The exchange of control sequences between two locations to set up needed conditions for communications. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Generally it is considered inappropriate to reject a handshake, and in most social circles it is expected that the one with higher social status will initiate it. To offer the left hand instead of the right was once considered an insult.
Handshake is originally a Western European tradition, brought into practice in its present form by English Quakers in 17th century as a more egalitarian and simpler alternative to the complex greeting etiquette of the contemporary higher social classes.
Today handshake is known and practiced throughout the world, though in many cultures alternative customs for greeting, such as bowing or cheek kissing are still preferred.
Handshakes are a major route for the transmission of common cold viruses.
See also: holding hands, Handshake Man
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Handshake."
Synonyms: HandshakeSynonyms: handclasp (n), handshaking (n), shake (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Handshake |
| English words defined with "handshake": golden handshake. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "handshake": handshake protocol ♦ Scalable Coherent Interface ♦ war dialer, whalesong. (references) |
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Screenplays | Have I stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with you, because excuse me if somebody doesn't know the secret handshake with you. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) ...and please except from us this Laurel and Hardy handshake. (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger) I don't give a flying handshake what your name is! (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch) Suiter number 3, is your kiss like a soft breeze, a firm handshake or a jackhammer? (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Golden Handshake (1973) Hallelujah Handshake (1970) Hubert Bals Handshake (1989) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rev. Morrison and Ann Christie (right), NRCS, District Conservationist discuss Morrisons potato crop. A large part of the NRCS mission area is marketing and sales and a visit and a handshake can do a lot to gain a landowners trust.Credit: USDA. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Contact must be prolonged (a quick handshake or hug will usually not spread infestation). (references) | |
Economic History | Portugal | Many businesspeople still consider a personal contact and a handshake stronger than a contract but they will not be offended if a formal contract is requested. (references) |
Ghana | Even a long-term partner or business contact is usually greeted with an exchange of pleasantries, followed by a handshake and inquiries about one's health, family and relatives. (references) | |
Travel | Spain | A handshake is customary upon initiating and closing a business meeting, accompanied by an appropriate greeting. (references) |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Last year the world watched Yitzhak Rabin and Yassir Arafat at the White House when they had their historic handshake of reconciliation. |
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| "Handshake" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.41% of the time. "Handshake" is used about 170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.41% | 169 | 23,972 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.59% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 170 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "handshake": a golden handshake ♦ golden handshake ♦ handshake protocol ♦ handshake to seal an egreement. Additional references. | |
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Containing "handshake": Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
handshake | 82 |
handshake picture | 22 |
golden handshake | 19 |
clipart handshake | 13 |
the secret handshake | 10 |
handshake masonic | 10 |
handshake marketing | 9 |
california golden handshake | 9 |
art clip handshake | 7 |
handshake photo | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "handshake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtrëngim duarsh (clasp). (various references) | |
Arabic | مصافحة (clasp, shake, shake hands on smth.). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръкостискане (grip, handgrip, shake). (various references) | |
Chinese | 握手. (various references) | |
Czech | stisk ruky, podání ruky. (various references) | |
Danish | håndtryk, kvitteringsprocedure (hand-shaking procedure). (various references) | |
Dutch | handdruk, hand (hand). (various references) | |
Esperanto | manpremo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | lógvatak. (various references) | |
Farsi | دست(دادن). (various references) | |
Finnish | kättely (handshake protocol, handshaking, hand-shaking procedure, shaking hands). (various references) | |
French | poignée de main. (various references) | |
German | händedruck (squeeze), handschlag, Händeschütteln (handshakes, handshaking). (various references) | |
Greek | χειραψία (clasp, handshake protocol, handshaking), διαδικασία με λήψη άμεσης επαφής (hand-shaking procedure). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחיצת י". (various references) | |
Hungarian | kézszorítás (clasp, handgrip), kézfogás (handshaking). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jabat tangan (handclasp). (various references) | |
Italian | stretta di mano (clasp), procedura di sincronizzazione (handshake protocol, handshaking, hand-shaking procedure), procedura di regolazione dell'interscambio (hand-shaking procedure), procedura di handshake (hand-shaking procedure). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ハンセン病 (employee of a messenger or delivery service, Hamburg, Hamburg steak, hamburger, hammer, hammock, hand, hand carrier, hand lotion, handbag, hand-ball, handbook, handcart, Handelsblatt, handicap, handicraft, hand-knit, handle, handler, handlift, handling, handmade, handout, handwork, handy, handy mook, humble, hunt, hunter, hunter killer, hunting, hunting cap, Hunting World, leprosy, manual forklift, oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop, pallet jack, steering wheel), 握手 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ハンドシェーク , あくしゅ (cheap liquor, poor move). (various references) | |
Manx | greim laue (clasp), craa laue (hand clasp). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andshakehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | procedimento de tomada de contacto (hand-shaking procedure), dotar (dower-chest, endow, endue, gift, indue), apertodemão. (various references) | |
Romanian | strângere de mânã (clasp, handgrip, shake). (various references) | |
Russian | рукопожатие (clasp, shake). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rukovanje (grip, guidance, guide, handling, handshaking, manipulation, operation, ordering). (various references) | |
Spanish | apretón de manos (shake, shake of hands). (various references) | |
Swedish | handtryckning (palm oil, pressure of the hand, tip), handslag (clasp), handskakning (handshake protocol, handshaking). (various references) | |
Turkish | tokalaşma (clasp, shake hands), toka (bobby pin, buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, grip, hairgrip, hasp, ouch, slide), el sıkma (clasp, handgrip, shake of the hand). (various references) | |
Ukranian | рукостискання (handgrip). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái bắt tay. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "handshake": handshakes. (additional references) | |
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"Handshake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gawdsake, Handsaker, handshaken, handshaker, hanshake, Sangshak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "handshake" (pronounced ha"ndshā'k) |
| 3 | -sh ā' k | milkshake. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-h-k-n-s" | |
-2 letters: khedahs, shanked. | |
-3 letters: hanked, hashed, khedah, khedas, kneads, shaken, snaked. | |
-4 letters: aahed, ahead, ankhs, ansae, ashed, ashen, asked, deans, deash, dhaks, hades, hahas, hakes, hands, hanks, hansa, hanse, heads, kanas, kanes, kasha, khans, kheda, knead, nadas, naked, sadhe, saned, sedan, shade, shake, shank, shend, skean, snake, sneak. | |
-5 letters: aahs, anas, ands, anes, ankh, ansa, asea, dahs, daks, dank, dash, dean, dens, desk, dhak, edhs, ends, hade, haed, haen, haes, haha, hahs, hake, hand, hank, hash, head, hehs, hens, kaas, kaes, kana, kane, keas, kens, khan, nada, sade, sake, sand, sane, sank, send, shad, shah, shea, shed, sned. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-h-k-n-s" | |
+1 letter: handshakes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 64 73 68 61 6B 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- -. -.. ... .... .- -.- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n d s h a k e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 0064 0073 0068 0061 006B 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)426780708574677771 |
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