handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp
(noun) grasping and shaking a person’s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
handshake (plural handshakes)
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
(computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
handshake (third-person singular simple present handshakes, present participle handshaking, simple past and past participle handshook or handshaked)
To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
(computing) To perform a handshake with another device.
• shakehand
Source: Wiktionary
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
