Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To extend a glad hand to.
- intransitive verb To extend a glad hand.
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- verb To be
overly friendly with astranger in order togain anadvantage . - verb To extend a
glad hand (to someone).
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Examples
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All they do is glad-hand me to get into my home, then they vilify me....
Charlie Sheen Hopes Rob Lowe Replaces Him on Two and a Half Men; Apologizes to Jon Cryer 2011
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That said, let's not lose track of unique U.S. strengths, such as shameless marketing and a great ability to glad-hand.
Michael Kanellos: How to Cure the Energy Brain Drain Michael Kanellos 2010
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That said, let's not lose track of unique U.S. strengths, such as shameless marketing and a great ability to glad-hand.
Michael Kanellos: How to Cure the Energy Brain Drain Michael Kanellos 2010
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She didn't just glad-hand with DC's power players in the run-up to the health-care vote.
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As the media elite gathered in Washington to gawk, glad-hand and rub elbows with President Obama at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, a dark cloud that was gathering under their feet had already started to dissipate.
Sharon Waxman: At White House Correspondent's Dinner, Enquirer Cloud Looms 2010
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As the media elite gathered in Washington to gawk, glad-hand and rub elbows with President Obama at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, a dark cloud that was gathering under their feet had already started to dissipate.
Sharon Waxman: At White House Correspondent's Dinner, Enquirer Cloud Looms Sharon Waxman 2010
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She didn't just glad-hand with DC's power players in the run-up to the health-care vote.
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The session has created an odd atmosphere on Capitol Hill: There are few long-winded committee hearings, few VFW delegations to glad-hand.
Lame-duck sessions supposed to be a thing of the past, historians say David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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It is over this proving ground that she will glad-hand her base, carefully counting them off to see if they amount to a hill o 'beans.
Cedric Perrier: Sarah Palin: What the British Might Think... 2009
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He's a little hot-headed (I still like his being "rude" to GWB at that White House reception when Bush tried to glad-hand him over his "boy" in Iraq) in contrast to Obama's cool.
Gallup: Dems Like Hillary/Obama Ticket, But Say "No" To Obama/Hillary 2009
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
verb
Date: 1903
transitive verb
: to extend a glad hand to
intransitive verb
: to extend a glad hand
— glad–hand·er \ˈglad-ˌhan-dər\ noun
February 23, 2008