handshake

/ˈhændˌʃeɪk/ [C]

Definition

› a greeting or expression of agreement in which two people who are facing each other take hold of each other’s right hands and move them up and down

(Definition of handshake from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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