HANDSHAKE meaning: Greeting ritual involving clasping hands

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word handshake:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

handshake: Merriam-Webster
handshake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
handshake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
handshake: Collins English Dictionary
handshake: Vocabulary.com
Handshake, handshake: Wordnik
handshake: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
handshake: Wiktionary
handshake: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
handshake: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
handshake: Infoplease Dictionary
handshake: Dictionary.com
handshake: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Handshake (disambiguation), Handshake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
handshake: Rhymezone
handshake: FreeDictionary.org
handshake: Mnemonic Dictionary
handshake: TheFreeDictionary.com
handshake: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
handshake: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)

handshake: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
handshake: Netlingo
handshake: CCI Computer
CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
handshake: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
Handshake: Linktionary Networking Glossary
I T Glossary (No longer online)
Handshake (computing), handshake: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

handshake: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

handshake: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
handshake, the handshake: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Handshake: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
▸ noun:  (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
▸ verb:  (computing, intransitive) To perform a handshake with another device.

Opposite:

fist bump, high five, wave

Types:

bonecrusher, pump, web, secret, fisherman's, congratulatory, hand-on-shoulder, more...

Phrases:

golden handshake, Secret handshake, Scout handshake, governmental handshake, handshake agreement, more...

Adjectives:

firm, warm, hearty, way, golden, secret, friendly, strong, limp, quick, cordial

Colors:

blue, gray, white, silver, gold, more...

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