| 单词 | glad hand |
| 释义 | glad handSEE SYNONYMS FOR glad hand ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.a hearty welcome or enthusiastic reception, especially one that is effusive or hypocritical: Visiting dignitaries were being given the glad hand. Origin of glad handFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby glad handGladbeck, gladden, gladdon, glade, glad eye, glad hand, glad-hander, gladiate, gladiator, gladiatorial, gladiola Definition for glad hand (2 of 2)glad-hand [ glad-hand ] / ˈglædˌhænd / verb (used with object)to greet warmly. to greet in an insincerely effusive manner. verb (used without object)to greet others with enthusiasm, especially feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state. Origin of glad-handFirst recorded in 1900–05 OTHER WORDS FROM glad-handglad-hander, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glad hand
British Dictionary definitions for glad handglad hand noun
verb glad-hand(tr) to welcome by or as if by offering a hand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with glad handglad hand A warm and hearty but often insincere welcome or greeting, as in Politicians are apt to give the glad hand to one and all. [Slang; late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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