meet-and-greetadj.n.

1900 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 27 Oct. 326/2 As nobody is silly enough to expect sport under such conditions, all were content to accept a ‘meet and greet’ day, in place of an exhilarating experience.

1927 Chicago Tribune 19 Feb. 15/2 (heading) Meet and Greet Luncheon... The Business Women's forum of the Illinois Women's Athletic club is to hold a ‘Meet and Greet’ luncheon at the club dining room today.

1959 Winnipeg Free Press 5 Nov. 21/2 The Ladies Aid of St. John's Cathedral will hold a ‘Meet and Greet’ tea and sale of work Saturday from 2:30 to 5p.m. in the parish hall.

1981 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. i. 52/5 She has made it much more than a white-gloved, meet-and-greet kind of job, said Diane M. Coffey, the Mayor's administrative assistant.

1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 6 Mar. a1/1 This will not be a meet-and-greet meeting with President Yeltsin.

1960 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 July 67/4 Committee chairmen..have been selected... They are:..Ernest Bianchi, house meet-and-greet and budget.

1988 Boston Globe 31 Oct. 10 He attends countless ‘meet-and-greets’, conducts high-school bands, signs autographs.

1993 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 28 Sept. d2/2 Creators of the purple plush dinosaur admit he's become a prisoner of his own fame. ‘Barney's outgrown malls and most public appearances... He doesn't do “meet-and-greets” anymore.’

1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 27 Sept. 64 (heading) Master the meet-and-greet. From small gatherings to large ones, networking requires a strategy.