glad hand
a hearty welcome or enthusiastic reception, especially one that is effusive or hypocritical: Visiting dignitaries were being given the glad hand.
Origin of glad hand
1Other definitions for glad-hand (2 of 2)
to greet warmly.
to greet in an insincerely effusive manner.
to greet others with enthusiasm, especially feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state.
Origin of glad-hand
2Other words from glad-hand
- glad-hander, noun
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How to use glad hand in a sentence
This is a chance for Penn to nab another Oscar and he knows it, and so he glad-handed like a champion.
Not the open-faced, glad-handed Texan or frontier American, but much more subtle.
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British Dictionary definitions for glad hand
a welcoming hand
a welcome
(tr) to welcome by or as if by offering a hand
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Other Idioms and Phrases with glad hand
A warm and hearty but often insincere welcome or greeting, as in Politicians are apt to give the glad hand to one and all. [Slang; late 1800s]
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