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Definition of glad-hand in English: glad-handverb [with object](especially of a politician) greet or welcome warmly. they had been taking every free minute to glad-hand loyal supporters Example sentencesExamples - Just when the tight smile seemed in danger of breaking, he turned to glad-hand four of the defense attorneys as their co-counselors trailed in.
- No, you weren't hallucinating: That really was Mr. Potato Head glad-handing exchange execs.
- The dogs like people and will usually glad-hand anyone they meet.
- He has had his half year of glory in glad-handing his way around the EU - and it could be a seductive experience.
- Speaking of elections, it looks like we'll be bombarded with politicians' faces, banners, ads and glad-handing over the holidays.
- Upon his entrance to the club, he was surrounded by about thirty people, glad-handing him and trying to start up conversations.
- But he's not going to be glad-handing it, jumping up and down.
- He was employed entirely in glad-handing the guests.
- They'll knock on doors, chat up neighbors, glad-hand citizens at meetings, deliver absentee ballots, and ferry voters to the polls on Election Day.
- Her dad is a politician, who is so used to glad-handing his constituents he has forgotten how to talk to his daughter.
- He is now in New Zealand, glad-handing the locals and generally keeping an eye on how the money is being spent, which is a full-time occupation.
- It was Monday last week, and the president was glad-handing with the great and the good at the Cincinnati Museum Centre in Ohio as he waited to give one of his most bellicose speeches yet.
- Among the younger hands, glad-handing optimism was the order of the day and the smiles never wavered.
- He was out there glad-handing and botching a golden opportunity.
- The stylishly attired owner, Henry, worked the room, glad-handing customers.
- There I was, in this huge office full of baseball impresarios, sharing drinks and glad-handing each other.
- With so many people in one place at one time, the state fair provides an opportunity for politicians to glad-hand and meet the constituents.
- While the two leaders were glad-handing each other in Moscow, two other nuclear powers - India and Pakistan - were rattling the nuclear sabre and threatening to bring it out of the scabbard.
- He held out his hand like a salesman glad-handing a prospect.
noun A warm and hearty greeting or welcome. get out your glad hand and go strike up conversations Example sentencesExamples - However, since this is salvation for the government's strategy, they may get the glad hand yet.
- In the meantime, the popular word is that he has already been given the glad hand by the party leader.
Derivatives noun Some maintain databases, some are good at selling new services to existing clients, while other are great glad-handers, who excel at securing new clients. Example sentencesExamples - Among the spectators are agents and runners, autograph seekers and glad-handers.
- Even early in his first term, there were those who considered him unbearably pious, prone to empty idealism and windy intellectual pronouncements - a spinner, a glad-hander.
- When principled limitations to the scope of government are absent, the necessities of government become mere side projects of vote hunting glad-handers and crony-bureaucrats.
- I'm glad I got to see the obvious pleasure he took in pausing for a few words with his glad-handers, including the kids right behind me who pleaded with him for a photo opportunity.
Definition of glad-hand in US English: glad-handverbˈɡlæd ˌhændˈɡlad ˌhand [with object](especially of a politician) greet or welcome warmly or with the appearance of warmth. they had been taking every free minute to glad-hand loyal supporters Example sentencesExamples - The dogs like people and will usually glad-hand anyone they meet.
- But he's not going to be glad-handing it, jumping up and down.
- He is now in New Zealand, glad-handing the locals and generally keeping an eye on how the money is being spent, which is a full-time occupation.
- He has had his half year of glory in glad-handing his way around the EU - and it could be a seductive experience.
- Among the younger hands, glad-handing optimism was the order of the day and the smiles never wavered.
- He was out there glad-handing and botching a golden opportunity.
- While the two leaders were glad-handing each other in Moscow, two other nuclear powers - India and Pakistan - were rattling the nuclear sabre and threatening to bring it out of the scabbard.
- They'll knock on doors, chat up neighbors, glad-hand citizens at meetings, deliver absentee ballots, and ferry voters to the polls on Election Day.
- Upon his entrance to the club, he was surrounded by about thirty people, glad-handing him and trying to start up conversations.
- No, you weren't hallucinating: That really was Mr. Potato Head glad-handing exchange execs.
- It was Monday last week, and the president was glad-handing with the great and the good at the Cincinnati Museum Centre in Ohio as he waited to give one of his most bellicose speeches yet.
- There I was, in this huge office full of baseball impresarios, sharing drinks and glad-handing each other.
- Speaking of elections, it looks like we'll be bombarded with politicians' faces, banners, ads and glad-handing over the holidays.
- Just when the tight smile seemed in danger of breaking, he turned to glad-hand four of the defense attorneys as their co-counselors trailed in.
- Her dad is a politician, who is so used to glad-handing his constituents he has forgotten how to talk to his daughter.
- The stylishly attired owner, Henry, worked the room, glad-handing customers.
- He held out his hand like a salesman glad-handing a prospect.
- He was employed entirely in glad-handing the guests.
- With so many people in one place at one time, the state fair provides an opportunity for politicians to glad-hand and meet the constituents.
nounˈɡlæd ˌhændˈɡlad ˌhand A warm and hearty, but often insincere, greeting or welcome. Example sentencesExamples - However, since this is salvation for the government's strategy, they may get the glad hand yet.
- In the meantime, the popular word is that he has already been given the glad hand by the party leader.
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