He has a good firm handshake.
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Handshake
//ˈhæn(d)ˌʃeɪk//
Synonyms for "handshake" (41 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 59 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- handdruk noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Albanian
2 entries- duarshtrëngim noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- shtrëngim duarsh noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Arabic
1 entries- مُصَافَحَة noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Armenian
1 entries- ձեռքսեղմում noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Asturian
1 entries- choque de manos noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- əl sıxma noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- əl vermə noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Belarusian
3 entries- по́ціск noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- по́ціск рук noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- по́ціск рукі́ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Bengali
1 entries- মুসাফা noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ръкости́скане noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- ръку́ване noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Catalan
1 entries- encaixada noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Chinese
1 entries- 握手 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 握手 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 握手 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- 握手 noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
Czech
1 entries- podání ruky noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Danish
1 entries- håndtryk noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Dutch
1 entries- handdruk noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Esperanto
1 entries- manpremo noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Estonian
2 entries- käepigistus noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- käesurumine noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Finnish
1 entries- kättely noun (grasping of hands by two people)
French
4 entries- handshake noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- poignée de main noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- shake-hand noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- établissement d'une liaison noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
Georgian
1 entries- ხელის ჩამორთმევა noun (grasping of hands by two people)
German
3 entries- Handschlag noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- Händedruck noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- Händeschütteln noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Greek
1 entries- χειραψία noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְחִיצַת יָד noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Hindi
1 entries- करमर्दन noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Hungarian
1 entries- kézfogás noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Icelandic
1 entries- handaband noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Indonesian
1 entries- jabat tangan noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- دَسْتدادَن noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- مُصافَحِه noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Italian
1 entries- stretta di mano noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Japanese
3 entries- ハンドシェイク noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- ハンドシェーク noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- 握手 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Kapampangan
2 entries- dalamanu noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- galamanu noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Kazakh
2 entries- амандасу noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- қол алысу noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Khmer
2 entries- ការចាប់ដៃ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- ការរលាក់ដៃ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Korean
4 entries- 악수 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- 핸드세이크 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- 핸드셰이크 noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- 핸드셰이킹 noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- кол алышуу noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- кол кармашуу noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- кол кысышуу noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Lao
2 entries- ການຈັບມື noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- ຈັບມື noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Latvian
1 entries- rokasspiediens noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Lithuanian
1 entries- rankos paspaudimas noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Macedonian
1 entries- ракување noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- håndtrykk noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- handtrykk noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Polish
4 entries- uścisk dłoni noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- uścisk ręki noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- wymiana potwierdzeń noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- uściskać dłoń verb (sense 1)
Portuguese
3 entries- aperto de mão noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- bacalhau noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- passou-bem noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Romanian
1 entries- strângere de mână noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Russian
1 entries- рукопожа́тие noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rukovanje noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- руковање noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Slovak
2 entries- podanie ruky noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- stisk ruky noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Slovene
1 entries- rokovanje noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Spanish
4 entries- apretón de manos noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- establecimiento comunicacional noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- establecimiento comunicativo noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- estrechadura de manos noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Swedish
4 entries- handskakning noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- handskakning noun (an exchange of signals between two devices)
- handslag noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- handtryckning noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Tajik
2 entries- дастфушурӣ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- мусофаҳа noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Telugu
1 entries- కరచాలనం noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Thai
2 entries- การจับมือ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- จับมือ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Turkish
3 entries- el sıkma noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- el sıkışma noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- tokalaşma noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Ukrainian
2 entries- по́тиск noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- рукостиска́ння noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Urdu
1 entries- مُصافَحَہ noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Uzbek
2 entries- qoʻl berib noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- qoʻl siqish noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cái bắt tay noun (grasping of hands by two people)
- sự bắt tay noun (grasping of hands by two people)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He put out his hand to me for a handshake.
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They parted with a firm handshake.
Source: tatoeba (306477)
When my father was offered a golden handshake, he took it.
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