Definition
to shake hands: to take someone's hand and move it up and down with your own
Icarus won't shake hands with you until you've washed them. He won't take your hand in his until it's clean.
a handshake: the action of shaking hands
- "Brian : Well it probably came off when you were shaking Bruno's hand!"
- "Philip (singing) : I'm a twenty-first century guy, I don't shake hands when I say "Hi"!"
- "Brian : No, I won't shake the hand of this imposter!"
- "The man has become a celebrity, attending Hollywood premieres, shaking hands with politicians and kissing babies."
- "Waiting for Human Handshake Protocol."
- "Or, we could just end this meeting and shake hands, and you can go back to doing whatever it is you do for us."
- "He does have a very firm hand shake."
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