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Word entry · 9 letters

handshake

Best crossword clue

"Greeting grip"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhæn(d)ˌʃeɪk/Part of speech nounSorted aadehhknsStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2A3N4D5S6H7A8K9E

Definitions

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

Word origin

From hand + shake. See the appendix for the history of the gesture itself.

Used in a sentence

  • Eccles' handshake, eager and practiced and hard, seems to symbolize for him an embrace. For an instant Rabbit fears he will never let go.

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