shake hands

Verb

 * 1) To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
 * 2)  To part, to say farewell.
 * 1)  To part, to say farewell.
 * 1)  To part, to say farewell.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَافَحَ
 * Armenian: ձեռք սեղմել
 * Belarusian: ці́снуць ру́ку, паці́снуць ру́ку
 * Bulgarian: ръкувам
 * Cheyenne: -a'xaót
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 握手
 * Hakka: 扼手
 * Hokkien: 頓手
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: handen schudden
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Hände schütteln
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δεξιὰν δίδωμι
 * Hungarian: kezet ráz,, kezet szorít
 * Icelandic: takast í hendur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian: stringere la mano
 * Japanese:, ハンドシェーク
 * Korean:
 * Latin: dextrās cōpulor
 * Macedonian: се ракува
 * Maori: harirū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: håndhilse, handhilse
 * Nynorsk: handhelsa, handhelse
 * Persian:
 * Polish: uścisnąć dłoń
 * Portuguese: apertar as mãos
 * Russian: пожима́ть ру́ку, пожа́ть ру́ку (+ dative case)
 * Spanish: darse la mano
 * Swedish: skaka hand
 * Turkish: el sıkışmak
 * Ukrainian: поти́скувати ру́ку, поти́снути ру́ку
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1)  an instance of shaking hands; a handshake
 * 2) * 1834, William Carleton, "Shane Fadh's Wedding", Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, Volume 1, p.178 (W. F. Wakeman):
 * Many a shake hands did I get from the neighbours’ sons, wishing me joy
 * 1) * 1909, Frederick Lawton, translation of Jules Verne, The Chase of the Golden Meteor, p.44 (London: Grant Richards)
 * He exchanged greetings with his rival, but their shake-hands was rather a cold one, and each looked the other askance, as if distrust was in their hearts.
 * 1) * 1967 July 27, Jack McQuillan, Livestock Marts Bill, 1967: Second Stage (Resumed). Seanad Debates, Vol.63 No.12 p.4 col.928:
 * It was the first time a Minister ever left the country without a ceremonial goodbye and a shake hands at the airport, with the tall hats being doffed.
 * 1) * 2015 February 1, Brian D'Arcy, quoted in Cork Examiner "Terry Wogan's friend Father Brian D'Arcy tells of their emotional final handshake":
 * I wasn’t sure if it was goodbye, but as soon as I saw Terry I knew it was the last time I was going to see him, and the shake hands was the last shake hands I’d ever have with him.