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BACKSLAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backslapper mean? 

BACKSLAPPER (noun)
  The noun BACKSLAPPER has 1 sense:

1. someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordialityplay

  Familiarity information: BACKSLAPPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKSLAPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("backslapper" is a kind of...):

enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)

Derivation:

backslap (display excessive cordiality (towards))


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