English word handshake comes from English shake, English hand
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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| shake | English (eng) | (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.. (building material) A thin shingle.. (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.). (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.. (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.. A basic [...] |
| hand | English (eng) | (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.. (chiefly, in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.. (heading) In [...] |
| handshake | English (eng) | (computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement. (computing) To perform a handshake with another device.. To perform a handshake; to shake hands. |