handclasp
hand klasp
- n grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- Each had held its last separate meeting before their 800 delegates gathered to witness the handclasp of union by their presidents.
- It may have coaxed a cheer from onlookers, but last week's RabinArafat handclasp was a trifle stiff.
- The coins showed President Jefferson on one side and a symbolic handclasp on the reverse.