backslapping

[ bak-slap-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.

First recorded in 1770–80; back ¹ + slapping

His usual campaign is a slogan, a river of money, and energetic, superficial backslapping.

At the Globes, the night is all bonhomie, backslapping and table-hopping.

I was a couple of feet away when Newt Gingrich came over and the two men started backslapping and laughing their butts off.

Greetings were curiously breathless yet casual, but without any backslapping.

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