HANDSHAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handshaking mean? 

• HANDSHAKING (noun)
  The noun HANDSHAKING has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDSHAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

handclasp; handshake; handshaking; shake

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

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Domain category:

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

Derivation:

shake hands (take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation)