hand shaker

English

Noun

hand shaker (plural hand shakers)

1. Alternative form of handshaker
   • 2008, Ellen Hopkins, Identical, →ISBN, page 31:

     I must get it from my dad. Can't be from Mom, the world-class go-getter, hand shaker, and baby kisser.”

   • 2008, Don Bill, Powers Trace, →ISBN, page 38:

     An Alumnus gave me my first job sellin' cars supposedly but I was just a showpiece, a hand shaker.

   • 2009, David Henry Sterry, R. J. Martin, Jr., Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys, →ISBN:

     Ray was a hand shaker in world full of quick-to-kiss men.

   • 2015, Rebecca Y. Kim, The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America, →ISBN, page 1:

     Otherwise, it communicates the casual hand shaker's seniority and superiority over the other in terms of status and power.

2. A shaker that is operated by hand.
   • 1949, United States. Public Health Service, Rat-borne Disease Prevention and Control, page 270:

     A large hand shaker the size of a 1 gallon rectangular can, capacity about 5 pounds (fig. 126), has been satisfactory and durable.

   • 2008, Loren Ward, Whey Protein, →ISBN, page 47:

     The supplement was in the form of a sachet containing a chocolate flavored ready to mix drink and each subject was provided a hand shaker for mixing the drink.

   • 2013, Juliana Baldec, Juicer Recipes Fruit & Vegetable Juicer & Smoothie Blender Recipes, →ISBN:

     I can then take what I need out of my mobile cooker and put the amounts into my hand shaker and add some ice cubes and then shake my hand shaker very well.