back-patting

[ bak-pat-ing ]

/ ˈbækˌpæt ɪŋ /

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noun

an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.

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Nearby words

back-formation, back-load, back-mutate, back-order, back-paddle, back-patting, back-pedal, back-seat driver, back-slapping, back-stabbing, back-stitch

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Examples from the Web for back-patting

And in all this outpouring of sentiment, this hand-shaking and back-patting, nobody thought to offer a kind word to old Waddles.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan