back-patting

[ bak-pat-ing ]

noun

1. an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation:

   The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.

Example Sentences

All this back patting, people say, has made our children lazy and created a sense of entitlement.

From The Daily Beast

And in all this outpouring of sentiment, this hand-shaking and back-patting, nobody thought to offer a kind word to old Waddles.

From Project Gutenberg

More back patting, crowding up, conscious blushes, and congratulations.

From Project Gutenberg