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glad-hand

  [glad-hand] Informal.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to greet warmly.
2. to greet in an insincerely effusive manner.
–verb (used without object)
3. to greet others with enthusiasm, esp. feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state.
Origin:
1900–05

Related forms:
glad-hander, noun
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glad-hand   (glād'hānd')
v.   glad-hand·ed, glad-hand·ing, glad-hands Informal

v.   tr.
To extend a glad hand to: presidential hopefuls glad-handing the factory workers.
v.   intr.
To extend a glad hand: was whistle-stopping and glad-handing for the last five months.
glad'-hand'er n.
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Cultural Dictionary

glad-hander

An excessively friendly or familiar person: “A glad-hander like Patterson offends more people than he charms.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
glad-hand

  1. tv.
    to greet someone effusively. (The hand is the hand that is offered to quickly to each person who is greeted.) : The senator was glad-handing everyone in sight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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glad-hander

  1. n.
    someone who displays effusive friendship, typically a politician. (See comment at glad-hand.) : The glad-handers were out in full force at the Independence Day parade.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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