shake hands

English

Verb

shake hands (third-person singular simple present shakes hands, present participle shaking hands, simple past shook hands, past participle shaken hands)

1. To grasp another person's hands in a greeting.

Related terms

• handshake

Translations

grasp another person's hands in a greeting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 握手 (cmn) (wòshǒu)

• Dutch: handen schudden (nl)
• Finnish: kätellä (fi)
• French: serrer la main (fr)
• German: Hände schütteln (de)
• Hungarian: kezet ráz (hu), kezet fog (hu)
• Icelandic: takast í hendur (is)

• Italian: stringere la mano
• Japanese: 握手する (ja) (あくしゅする, akushu suru), ハンドシェークする (ja) (handoshēku suru)
• Macedonian: се ракува (mk) (se rákuva)
• Persian: دست دادن (fa) (dast dâdan)
• Portuguese: apertar as mãos (pt)
• Russian: пожимать руку (požimátʹ rúku) impf., пожать руку (požátʹ rúku) pf. (+ dative case)
• Swedish: skaka hand (sv)

Anagrams

• handshakes