a handshake

  • 1handshake — hand‧shake [ˈhændʆeɪk] noun [countable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES another name for golden handshake 2. COMPUTING when one computer gives information to another computer, telling it that a connection has been made: • You will get a handsha …

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  • 2handshake — (n.) 1801, from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) + SHAKE (Cf. shake) (n.). Hand shaking is attested from 1805 …

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  • 3handshake — ► NOUN ▪ an act of shaking a person s hand. DERIVATIVES handshaking noun …

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  • 4handshake — [hand′shāk΄] n. a gripping and shaking of each other s hand in greeting, farewell, agreement, etc …

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  • 5Handshake — For the telecommunications concept, see Handshaking. Two men shaking hands A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other s like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands …

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  • 6handshake — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, hearty (esp. AmE) ▪ limp ▪ She wasn t impressed by his limp handshake. ▪ secret ▪ golden …

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  • 7Handshake — Mit Datenflusskontrolle (engl. data flow control) oder Datenflusssteuerung werden unterschiedliche Verfahren bezeichnet, mit denen die Datenübertragung von Endgeräten an einem Datennetz, die nicht synchron arbeiten, so gesteuert wird, dass eine… …

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  • 8handshake — [[t]hæ̱ndʃeɪk[/t]] handshakes N COUNT If you give someone a handshake, you take their right hand with your own right hand and hold it firmly or move it up and down, as a sign of greeting or to show that you have agreed about something such as a… …

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  • 9handshake — n. 1) a firm; warm handshake 2) (misc.) a golden handshake ( a gift presented to smb. who is retiring ) * * * [ hændʃeɪk] warmhandshake a firm (misc.) a golden handshake ( a gift presented to smb. who is retiring ) …

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  • 10handshake — hand|shake [ˈhændʃeık] n 1.) the act of taking someone s right hand and shaking it, which people do when they meet or leave each other or when they have made an agreement ▪ He greeted me with a handshake and a glass of wine. ▪ Her handshake was… …

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