What does glad hand mean?
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glad hand
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Princeton's WordNet
glad handnoun
a warm welcome; may be insincere
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glad handnoun
A warm welcome offered a guest by a host.
glad handnoun
A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.
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glad hand
A glad hand generally refers to a superficially friendly or overly enthusiastic greeting, often associated with insincerity or a hidden agenda. It can also refer to a person who often uses such type of greetings. The term is often used in political or business contexts. Additionally, in transportation industry, it describes a coupling device used in railway air brake systems.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of glad hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of glad hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of glad hand in a Sentence
They could make hundreds of millions of dollars, they were a part of the family business and they left to start their own. They saw they werent going to be running that business and didnt want to cut ribbons and glad-hand and cover openings for the next 50 to 60 years.
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