单词 | handshaker |
释义 | handshakern. 1. A person who (habitually) shakes hands. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake > one who handshaker1833 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne v. 95 I think it would be a charity in me to offer myself to some of the gentlemen as a handshaker. Did you ever see? How the folks are reaching up to shake hands! 1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 259/2 His people are great hand-shakers. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 12/1 As the line moves forward each hand-shaker is steadily pushed along. 1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla x. 240 The Belgians are the most confirmed handshakers I have ever met. 2007 Modesto Bee (Nexis) 26 July c1 ‘His father was a real handshaker and so was Chuck,’ Dorothy said. ‘He was raised by his parents to be a gentleman and to be social.’ 2. U.S. colloquial. A person who makes a show of being genial, esp. one who attempts to curry favour with insincere flattery; a sycophant, a toady. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1884 Life 17 Jan. 33 Naw, we won't have no hand-shakers, Nor no daisies what ain't straight. 1900 G. Ade More Fables 191 When he had to go out and Rustle for a Job he was a Busy Hand-Shaker once more. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 211/2 Those who try to get promotions by pull with officers are called handshakers or suction kids. 1993 G. D. Pozgar in C. R. McConnell Effective Communication 22/2 Supervisors with this management style will surround themselves with ‘yes men’ (also known as toads, handshakers and apple polishers). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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