handshake

English

Etymology

hand +‎ shake

Pronunciation

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Noun

Handshake 1.

handshake (plural handshakes)

1. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
2. (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.

Verb

handshake (third-person singular simple present handshakes, present participle handshaking, simple past and past participle handshaked or handshook)

1. To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
2. (computing) To perform a handshake with another device.

Related terms

• shake on it

Translations

grasping of hands by two people

• Armenian: ձեռքսեղմում (hy) (jeṙkʻseġmum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 握手 (zh) (wòshǒu)

• Czech: podání ruky n
• Danish: håndtryk n
• Dutch: handdruk (nl)
• Esperanto: manpremo
• Finnish: kättely (fi)
• French: poignée de main (fr) f, shake-hand (fr) m (uncommon)
• German: Händeschütteln (de) n, Handschlag (de) m, Händedruck (de) m
• Hungarian: kézfogás (hu)
• Icelandic: handaband (is) n
• Indonesian: jabat tangan (id)
• Italian: stretta di mano f
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• Japanese: 握手 (ja) (あくしゅ, akushu), ハンドシェーク (handoshēku)
• Korean: 악수 (ko) (aksu), 핸드세이크 (haendeuseikeu), 핸드셰이크 (haendeusyeikeu)
• Macedonian: ракување n (rakuvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndtrykk

  Nynorsk: handtrykk

• Portuguese: aperto de mão m
• Romanian: strângere de mână f
• Russian: рукопожа́тие (ru) n (rukopožátije)
• Serbo-Croatian: rukovanje (sh) n
• Spanish: apretón de manos (es) m
• Swedish: handslag n, handtryckning (sv) c
• Telugu: కరచాలనం (te) (karacālanaṁ)

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