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handclasp

[ US /ˈhændˌkɫæsp/ ]
NOUN
  1. grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

How To Use handclasp In A Sentence

  • Instead of the classic English handshake at the end of matches, players opted instead for the ‘bro, you wuz good out there’ upright handclasp more usually seen on the streets of Harlem.
  • There is another couple walking down the street, this one pre-consumerist, their handclasp signifying a ‘right of ownership’ in which she is ‘silently, sadly, complicit.’
  • Dense guitars, keyboards, and occasional handclasps and miscellaneous noise add to the controlled maelstrom.
  • The cover of his black-bound tech-heavy book about the architectonics of nuclear war features a photo of two hands in a firm handclasp, each hand touchingly identified as, respectively, “United States” and “Russia.” How the End Begins
  • He offers a handclasp that Fiedler can scarcely feel: ‘I stood there baffled, a little ashamed of how I had braced myself involuntarily for a bone-crushing grip, how I must have yearned for some wordless preliminary test of strength.’
  • One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers
  • Johnson ambled over from his side of the stage to offer a few encouraging words, a smile and a handclasp that appeared to settle the heart of The Head And The Heart. Michael Bialas: Show and Tell: The Head and the Heart, Priscilla Ahn Live in Denver
  • Because he has the handclasp of compassion, and I've seen the respect for his wife. Pam Atherton: Ignore the Negative Ads; Watch How He Treats His Wife
  • She remembered everything past the ceremonial handclasp as a blur of color and light.
  • Then the hugging begins, not pro forma handclasps but close, sustained embraces.
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