See shake hands in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc."
],
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"grasp",
"grasp"
],
[
"greeting",
"greeting"
],
[
"farewell",
"farewell"
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[
"agreement",
"agreement"
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIX, page 61:",
"text": "But thou and I have shaken hands,\nTill growing winters lay me low;\nMy paths are in the fields I know,\nAnd thine in undiscover’d lands.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To part, to say farewell."
],
"links": [
[
"part",
"part"
],
[
"farewell",
"farewell"
]
],
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"(figuratively) To part, to say farewell."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣāfaḥa",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "صَافَحَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "jeṙkʻ seġmel",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "ձեռք սեղմել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "císnucʹ rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ці́снуць ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pacísnucʹ rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паці́снуць ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rǎkúvam se",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ръку́вам се"
},
{
"code": "chy",
"lang": "Cheyenne",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "-a'xaót"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ak¹ sau², aak¹ sau²",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "握手"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "ak-sú",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "扼手"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "tùn-chhiú",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "頓手 /顿手"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wòshǒu",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "握手"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "handen schudden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "kätellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "serrer la main"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "apertar a man"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "Hände schütteln"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dexiàn dídōmi",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "δεξιὰν δίδωμι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "kezet ráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "kezet fog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "kezet szorít"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "takast í hendur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "berjabat tangan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "bersalaman"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "stringere la mano"
},
{
"alt": "あくしゅする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akushu suru",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "握手する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "handoshēku suru",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "ハンドシェークする"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "aksuhada",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "악수하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "dextrās cōpulor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se rakuva",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "се ракува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "harirū"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "håndhilse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "handhilse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "handhelsa"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "handhelse"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dast dâdan",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "دست دادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uścisnąć dłoń"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "apertar as mãos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požimátʹ rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пожима́ть ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požátʹ rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"perfective",
"with-dative"
],
"word": "пожа́ть ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "darse la mano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "skaka hand"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "el sıkışmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "potýskuvaty rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поти́скувати ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "potýsnuty rúku",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поти́снути ру́ку"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "grasp another person's hands",
"word": "bắt tay"
}
],
"word": "shake hands"
}
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"expansion": "shake hands (plural not attested)",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Irish English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1834, William Carleton, \"Shane Fadh's Wedding\", Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, Volume 1, p.178 (W. F. Wakeman)",
"text": "Many a shake hands did I get from the neighbours’ sons, wishing me joy"
},
{
"ref": "1909, Frederick Lawton, translation of Jules Verne, The Chase of the Golden Meteor, p.44 (London: Grant Richards)",
"text": "He exchanged greetings with his rival, but their shake-hands was rather a cold one, and each looked the other askance, as if distrust was in their hearts."
},
{
"ref": "1967 July 27, Jack McQuillan, Livestock Marts Bill, 1967: Second Stage (Resumed). Seanad Debates, Vol.63 No.12 p.4 col.928",
"text": "It was the first time a Minister ever left the country without a ceremonial goodbye and a shake hands at the airport, with the tall hats being doffed."
},
{
"ref": "2015 February 1, Brian D'Arcy, quoted in Cork Examiner \"Terry Wogan's friend Father Brian D'Arcy tells of their emotional final handshake\"",
"text": "I wasn’t sure if it was goodbye, but as soon as I saw Terry I knew it was the last time I was going to see him, and the shake hands was the last shake hands I’d ever have with him."
}
],
"glosses": [
"an instance of shaking hands; a handshake"
],
"links": [
[
"handshake",
"handshake"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ireland) an instance of shaking hands; a handshake"
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"no-plural"
]
}
],
"word": "shake hands"
}
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