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handclasp

[ hand-klasp, -klahsp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.

handclasp

/ ˈhændˌklɑːsp /

First recorded in 1575–85; hand + clasp

Again in northern India we had the loving handclasp of a fellow missionary and the cordial welcome to a missionary home.

She gravely extended her hand to meet his and the hatchet was buried in that handclasp.

O how my heart aches even now as I think of the tears they shed and of their warm handclasp.

He knows, too, that a few words suffice in the great decisions of life, and that the handclasp of manly love speaks volumes.

Then Lieutenant Abercrombie gave each of these brothers in arms a hearty handclasp.

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