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Synonyms for handshake
ˈhændˌʃeɪkhand·shake

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. handshake, shake, handshaking, handclaspnoun

    grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

    Synonyms:
    handclasp, handshaking, trill, milk shake, shiver, wag, shake, shingle, waggle, milkshake, tremble

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  1. List of paraphrases for "handshake":

    handshaking

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#37899shiver
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#170757waggle

How to use handshake in a sentence?

  1. John Bradberry:

    If all people washed their hands promptly after completing a handshake, and especially after a series of handshakes, there would be little to no infectious illness transmission issues.

  2. Jimmy Galvin:

    Seeing where he is now, being able to move his arms or just grip something, that to me is a huge improvement. The walking into the room and a hands coming out to give you a handshake. It’s that kind of stuff.

  3. Dennis Roberts:

    We said, 'Make sure you look him in the eye.' I'm saying make sure you give him a firm handshake,' and she showed him ... he tucked his shirt in.

  4. Jane Lang:

    How about a handshake, how about a little hug?

  5. Dave Coulier:

    There was a lot of familiar stuff in there that her and I had talked about, like, ‘ Dave Coulier shake is like a fish. ’ I ’d go, ‘ Hey, dead fish me, ’ and we ’d do this dead fish handshake.


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