"handshake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-handshake.ogg [US], en-uk-handshake.ogg [UK] Forms: handshakes [plural]
Etymology: hand + shake. See the appendix for the history of the gesture itself. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|shake}} hand + shake Head templates: {{en-noun}} handshake (plural handshakes)
  1. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. Translations (grasping of hands by two people): مُصَافَحَة (muṣāfaḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), ձեռքսեղմում (jeṙkʻseġmum) (Armenian), по́ціск (pócisk) [masculine] (Belarusian), по́ціск рукі́ (pócisk rukí) [masculine] (Belarusian), по́ціск рук (pócisk ruk) [masculine] (Belarusian), মুসাফা (muśapha) (Bengali), ръкости́скане (rǎkostískane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ръку́ване (rǎkúvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), encaixada [feminine] (Catalan), 握手 (wòshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), podání ruky [neuter] (Czech), håndtryk [neuter] (Danish), handdruk (Dutch), manpremo (Esperanto), kättely (Finnish), poignée de main [feminine] (French), shake-hand [masculine, uncommon] (French), Händeschütteln [neuter] (German), Handschlag [masculine] (German), Händedruck [masculine] (German), χειραψία (cheirapsía) [feminine] (Greek), kézfogás (Hungarian), handaband [neuter] (Icelandic), jabat tangan (Indonesian), stretta di mano [feminine] (Italian), 握手 (akushu) (alt: あくしゅ) (Japanese), ハンドシェーク (handoshēku) (Japanese), 악수 (aksu) (alt: 握手) (Korean), 핸드세이크 (haendeuseikeu) (Korean), 핸드셰이크 (haendeusyeikeu) (Korean), rokasspiediens [masculine] (Latvian), ракување (rakuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), håndtrykk (Norwegian Bokmål), handtrykk (Norwegian Nynorsk), مصافحه (mosâfahe) (Persian), دستدادن (dast-dâdan) (Persian), uścisk dłoni [masculine] (Polish), uścisk ręki [masculine] (Polish), aperto de mão [masculine] (Portuguese), passou-bem [Portugal, informal, masculine] (Portuguese), bacalhau [Portugal, colloquial, masculine] (Portuguese), strângere de mână [feminine] (Romanian), рукопожа́тие (rukopožátije) [neuter] (Russian), руковање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), rukovanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), podanie ruky [neuter] (Slovak), apretón de manos [masculine] (Spanish), handskakning [common-gender] (Swedish), handslag [neuter] (Swedish), handtryckning [common-gender] (Swedish), дастфушурӣ (dastfušurī) (Tajik), కరచాలనం (karacālanaṁ) (Telugu), el sıkışma (Turkish), el sıkma (Turkish), рукостиска́ння (rukostyskánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), по́тиск (pótysk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مُصافَحَہ (musāfahā) (Urdu), cái bắt tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-handshake-en-noun-uSN2idPn Disambiguation of 'grasping of hands by two people': 93 7
  2. (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (an exchange of signals between two devices): 握手 (wòshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), établissement d’une liaison [masculine] (French), handshake [masculine] (French), ハンドシェイク (handosheiku) (Japanese), 핸드셰이킹 (haendeusyeiking) (Korean), handskakning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-handshake-en-noun-lrxq-gJw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 52 10 35 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 4 46 20 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'an exchange of signals between two devices': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: golden handshake, green handshake, handshake deal, secret handshake

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-handshake.ogg [US], en-uk-handshake.ogg [UK] Forms: handshakes [present, singular, third-person], handshaking [participle, present], handshaked [participle, past], handshaked [past], handshook [participle, past], handshook [past]
Etymology: hand + shake. See the appendix for the history of the gesture itself. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|shake}} hand + shake Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=handshook}} handshake (third-person singular simple present handshakes, present participle handshaking, simple past and past participle handshaked or handshook)
  1. (intransitive) To perform a handshake; to shake hands. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-handshake-en-verb-xD3tSGVC
  2. (computing, intransitive) To perform a handshake with another device. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-handshake-en-verb-vbJ-yD6D Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shake on it

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "握手"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "word": "kättely"
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          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "word": "poignée de main"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "kézfogás"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "handaband"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "jabat tangan"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "stretta di mano"
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          "alt": "あくしゅ",
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          "roman": "akushu",
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          "word": "握手"
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          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "ハンドシェーク"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "握手",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "aksu",
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          "word": "악수"
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          "roman": "haendeuseikeu",
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          "word": "핸드세이크"
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          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "핸드셰이크"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rokasspiediens"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rakuvanje",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "word": "ракување"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mosâfahe",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "مصافحه"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dast-dâdan",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "دستدادن"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uścisk dłoni"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uścisk ręki"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aperto de mão"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "passou-bem"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bacalhau"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "strângere de mână"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukopožátije",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "рукопожа́тие"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "word": "руковање"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "podanie ruky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "apretón de manos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "handskakning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "handslag"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "handtryckning"
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "dastfušurī",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "дастфушурӣ"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "karacālanaṁ",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "కరచాలనం"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "el sıkışma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "el sıkma"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rukostyskánnja",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pótysk",
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          "roman": "musāfahā",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "مُصافَحَہ"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
          "word": "cái bắt tay"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "মুসাফা"
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      "word": "encaixada"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "kättely"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poignée de main"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "handaband"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "jabat tangan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "stretta di mano"
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    {
      "alt": "あくしゅ",
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      "roman": "akushu",
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      "word": "握手"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "ハンドシェーク"
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      "alt": "握手",
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "aksu",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "악수"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "haendeuseikeu",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "핸드세이크"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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      "word": "ракување"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "mosâfahe",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "مصافحه"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "dast-dâdan",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "uścisk ręki"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bacalhau"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "strângere de mână"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "podanie ruky"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "apretón de manos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "handskakning"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "handslag"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "handtryckning"
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    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
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      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "дастфушурӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "karacālanaṁ",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "కరచాలనం"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "el sıkışma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "el sıkma"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "rukostyskánnja",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "рукостиска́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pótysk",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
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      "word": "по́тиск"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "musāfahā",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "مُصافَحَہ"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "grasping of hands by two people",
      "word": "cái bắt tay"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wòshǒu",
      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
      "word": "握手"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
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      ],
      "word": "établissement d’une liaison"
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      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handshake"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "handosheiku",
      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
      "word": "ハンドシェイク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haendeusyeiking",
      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
      "word": "핸드셰이킹"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an exchange of signals between two devices",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handskakning"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "handshake"
  ],
  "word": "handshake"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with redundant wikilinks",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handshaked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handshook",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handshook",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shake on it"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To perform a handshake; to shake hands."
      ],
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        [
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          "shake hands"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To perform a handshake; to shake hands."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a handshake with another device."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, intransitive) To perform a handshake with another device."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-handshake.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-handshake.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-uk-handshake.ogg/En-uk-handshake.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-uk-handshake.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "wikipedia": [
    "handshake"
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}

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