glad-handingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡlædˌhænd.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡlædˌhænd.ɪŋ/informalbeing very friendly to people you have not met before, as a way of trying to get an advantage:
political glad-handing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- grovel
- idealize
- ingratiate
- left-handed compliment
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- unctuous
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glad-hand
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈɡlæd.hænd/us/ˈɡlæd.hænd/