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backslapper

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back⋅slap⋅ping

  [bak-slap-ing]
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–noun
the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
Origin:
1770–80; back 1 + slapping

Related forms:
backslapper, noun
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back·slap   (bāk'slāp')   
v.   back·slapped, back·slap·ping, back·slaps

v.   intr.
To demonstrate effusive goodwill.
v.   tr.
To demonstrate effusive goodwill toward (another or others).
back'slap'per n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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