Verb (used without object) : The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state. From Dictionary.com.
Such a person may also be referred to as a glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [hail-fellow-well-met] Reference
He knows a lot of people, so he is, in effect, part glad-hander that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Lobbyists: How Influence Peddlers Get Their Way in Washington] Reference
Claudius (Jeffrey King) is a glib glad-hander who looks like Daddy Warbucks. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet the Hipster] Reference
He's not a glad-hander or a natural salesman, like McAuliffe, who's now Hillary's campaign chairman. From Wordnik.com. [A Curiously Silent Screamer] Reference
Walsh is an accomplished smiler, racon - teur, and glad-hander, but that doesn't mean he isn't smart. From Wordnik.com. [Honeymoon]
But quite frankly, given Dubya’s reputation as a glad-hander and schmoozer, I doubt he said that. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Jim Moran: Bush Was Warned To Be ‘Extra Sensitive’ About Webb’s Son] Reference
An excessively friendly or familiar person: A glad-hander like Patterson offends more people than he charms. From Wordnik.com. [glad-hander] Reference
Heck comes across as, well, kind of a slick glad-hander (I think he's more than that, but he comes across that way). From Wordnik.com. [Pridemore Wins State Labor Council Endorsement Over Heck « PubliCola] Reference
A shy bachelor with an aversion to incandescent light, Souter does not seem like much of a glad-hander or arm-twister. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
Certainly, Gene was no glad-hander, and he refused to pander in the Bobby Kennedy manner to ethnic and racial sentimentality. From Wordnik.com. [John R. MacArthur: Lessons on Wartime Leadership from Eugene McCarthy] Reference
I said that given Dubya’s reputation as a glad-hander and schmoozer, I find it highly doubtful he would act so brusquely. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Jim Moran: Bush Was Warned To Be ‘Extra Sensitive’ About Webb’s Son] Reference
The WPKX meteorologist was a husky, hearty glad-hander who entertained listeners with quips and quotes as well as weather predictions. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
I'm guessing a sharp-dressed corporate glad-hander with gleaming teeth, fastidiously coifed hair and a discrete Promise Keepers emblem pinned to his lapel. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
He rehearsed a typical exchange between DeLay and a corporate glad-hander at a fund-raiser: Favor Seeker: "Mr. Leader, I'm Joe Smith from XYZ corporation ...". From Wordnik.com. [THE EXTERMINATOR] Reference
Biden, a veteran campaigner and glad-hander who spent nearly 30 years in the Senate, seems to enjoy the trail -- in contrast to Obama, who increasingly appears to find it a chore. From Wordnik.com. ['Terrifying Numbers for Democrats'] Reference
"He has never been a glad-hander," Blackwood said. From Wordnik.com. [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference
The Vice President as a glad-hander and deal maker?. From Wordnik.com. [Donklephant] Reference
“He has never been a glad-hander,” Blackwood said. From Wordnik.com. [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference
That shouldn't be taken as a rebuff, even if you are an inveterate glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
The blindfolded glad-hander was an artificial cell surface designed to test how tightly cells bind to each other. From Wordnik.com. [HHMI News] Reference
More of a policy wonk than a back-slapper or glad-hander, Erik Miller seems almost ready to burst with ideas to benefit his city. From Wordnik.com. Reference
YouTube but not much of a glad-hander on the campaign trail, put together a haphazard effort to collect signatures from the state's scattered. From Wordnik.com. [Courant.com - Jeff Jacobs] Reference
But quite frankly, given Dubya’s reputation as a glad-hander and schmoozer, I doubt he said that. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Jim Moran: Bush Was Warned To Be ‘Extra Sensitive’ About Webb’s Son] Reference
Fishermen with their nets, and maybe a breezy old-time purser -- a glad-hander and not a mere machine. ". From Wordnik.com. [The House Without a Key]
I said that given Dubya’s reputation as a glad-hander and schmoozer, I find it highly doubtful he would act so brusquely. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Jim Moran: Bush Was Warned To Be ‘Extra Sensitive’ About Webb’s Son] Reference
A glad-hander and backslapper. From Wordnik.com. [The crush]
Booter Hodges is just a damned glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Me, Irene] Reference
"He was not the glad-hander, and he was not the bon vivant. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
Crist is a glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [FLA Politics - Front Page] Reference
But Obama's charm is not a glad-hander type. From Wordnik.com. [Hotline On Call] Reference
He was a backbencher and a bit of a glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [Bookslut] Reference
glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [glad-hander] Reference
2002. glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [glad-hander] Reference
He’s not a glad-hander. From Wordnik.com. [FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER] Reference
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