Word info

glad-handing

Speech parts

1. glad-handing - Noun

2. glad-handing - Verb

Meaning

glad-handing

present participle of glad-hand

glad-handing (plural glad-handings)

The act of one who glad-hands.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

My own reporting affirms that he’s generally well liked by most Democrats and, as the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, is adept at the kind of glad-handing that someone in his position needs to do to secure promises of future votes. Source: Internet

When Carolyn was working on “Consulted To Death” we talked about how much we hated the second-guessing, glad-handing, anything-to-keep-the-client-on-the-line consultants we’d both dealt with in our broadcasting careers. Source: Internet

Only instead of Irving, Ainge was glad-handing Terry Rozier; instead of Hayward, it was Marcus Smart. Source: Internet

The text of the annual G7 joint communique is usually all but final before the leaders meet for two days of glad-handing and group photo opportunities, but this year officials were negotiating even as Trump headed for his plane. Source: Internet

The morning after the election, Trudeau was glad-handing unsuspecting commuters in his native Montreal, waltzing through the Jarry metro station, ahead of his security detail, who were known for clinging closely to Harper. Source: Internet

Whether a polymer is natural or synthetic, chances are its backbone is composed of carbon, a strong, stable, glad-handing atom that is ideally suited to forming molecular bonds. Source: Internet

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