单词 | bone crusher |
释义 | > as lemmasbone crusher bone crusher n. a painfully strong handshake that squeezes the bones of the recipient's hand; (also) a person giving such a handshake; frequently (and in earliest use) attributive. ΚΠ 1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 30 Sept. 8/2 The man with the bone-crusher handshake. 1936 Woodland (Calif.) Daily Democrat 6 July 8/3 There is the guy with a grip like a vice and a shake like a bull dog..a bone crusher. 1967 Rotarian Mar. 49/2 Bad handshakes include the bone crusher—the grip that makes the other person, especially a woman wearing rings, wince. 2013 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 20/1 Business gurus are all too eager..to classify the different typologies—the ‘dead fish’, the ‘controller’, the ‘bone crusher’ and so on. 2016 S. H. Wright ABCs of Greening Communications 68 Because a hand shake is the first opportunity for physical contact, avoid a bone crusher or limp-rag response. < as lemmas |
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