Noun : The bridegroom received many a warm handshake and backslap. From Dictionary.com.
Would he have been justified in backslapping her across the face?. From Wordnik.com. [Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
"We had a great thing going for us, with the so-called backslapping type of people that we are. From Wordnik.com. [O'Neal Out as Merrill Reels From Loss] Reference
The backslapping with the Navy guy was a little sad. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Polls Give Debate Win To Obama] Reference
He is not an aggressive, backslapping type of person. From Wordnik.com. [Forum: India’s Mr. Big Idea] Reference
But not as a justification for backslapping celebration. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes You Cry-- Besides the Obama Inauguration?] Reference
She was no good at backslapping and processed joviality. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2001] Reference
"Can we skip the mutual backslapping and get down to business?". From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
Good thing for my friends that backslapping had gone out of style. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Despite all the backslapping, leaders at the G20 aren't there yet. From Wordnik.com. [Ignore The Backslapping] Reference
There was a great deal of handshaking and backslapping and laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Drinks were being bought for her and the backslapping was phenomenal. From Wordnik.com. [faceless]
There were buttons and banners backslapping Wilson for hitting back at Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Racism Marched at Taxpayer March] Reference
Greetings were curiously breathless yet casual, but without any backslapping. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
As he walked away Cadmann heard sniggers and the sound of backslapping, idiots. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
Few are the sort of backslapping extroverts one thinks of as typically American. From Wordnik.com. [Why Startups Condense in America] Reference
But you can hardly begrudge ABC's beleaguered troops for doing a bit of backslapping. From Wordnik.com. [DESPERATE? NOT ABC.] Reference
As Ford is backslapping on the front porch, Levien is in the garage with a group of old men. From Wordnik.com. [Losing The Old Labels] Reference
They will all meet again soon, somewhere, and the mutual backslapping will doubtless continue. From Wordnik.com. [The rise of the neo-confs] Reference
What made the quiet librarian ultimately fall for the backslapping businessman and would-be pol?. From Wordnik.com. [The Calm Amid The Storm] Reference
Within the span of a few hours, the backslapping turns to backstabbing and a compromise is lost. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2006] Reference
The backslapping and high-fives gave way to a kind of focused grimness and some quiet backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
She heard some backslapping and the rustle of jackets, and felt Locke's thigh warm against her hip. From Wordnik.com. [Kate]
But the loud backslapping of mutual support heard in years past now sounds more like a distant echo. From Wordnik.com. [An Echo Of An Alliance] Reference
Maybe a little less backslapping and a little more backbone and you would have won something Mr. Shrum. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Memorial Day Roundup] Reference
But now that all the backslapping is nearing an end, it may be time to reflect on where things reall. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Evolution Reigns, But Darwin Outmoded] Reference
But now that all the backslapping is nearing an end, it may be time to reflect on where things really stand. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Evolution Reigns, But Darwin Outmoded] Reference
Dean's father, "Big Howard" (who, like "Little Howard," was short), was a backslapping hail-fellow-well-met. From Wordnik.com. [THE WASP'S NEST] Reference
But this week, when AOL Time Warner holds a much-anticipated press conference, there won't be any backslapping. From Wordnik.com. [How It All Fell Apart] Reference
If we could make a new spout on fabric softener look like a revolution, it was cause for backslapping all around. From Wordnik.com. [Marc Stoiber: Clear Is The New Clever: Lessons For Promoting Green Packaged Goods] Reference
Mr. Geithner and lawmakers backslapping themselves for financial overhaul actually have missed their opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents of 1933] Reference
Keep backslapping, keep pretending the bubble you live in can continue to be isolated from the rest of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Fear & Loathing In the Senate Democratic Club] Reference
What this really tells us is that regular hand-pumping and backslapping is not working well with the superdelegates. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Didn't Disavow Donor Letter To Pelosi] Reference
This proved to be a signal for a brief orgy of handshaking, backslapping, friendly pats, and spoken congratulations. From Wordnik.com. [The Unpublished Writer and His Love Interest (The Painter)] Reference
Many will tell you it is "B2B," a backslapping shorthand for e-schemes directed to the "business to business" market. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Can't Stop Our Music] Reference
Plenty of backslapping and frankly plenty of finger pointing today after the Senate's early morning vote on health care reform. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
President Robert Mugabe and his land reform programme showed SADC to be "a backslapping old boys club of the freedom struggle", the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
What must foreigners think when they see our backslapping pols with their dreadful hairpieces, abundance of make-up, and phony tans?. From Wordnik.com. [Maggie Van Ostrand: Joe Lieberman Fought the Rouge Pot and the Rouge Pot Won] Reference
Mr. Maguire recently returned the compliment in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, declaring Archbishop Dolan a "backslapping autocrat.". From Wordnik.com. [Why the John Paul Generation Will Welcome New York's Next Archbishop] Reference
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