backslap
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of backslap
Example Sentences
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Afterward, Mbappe was consoled by his country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, while Messi was congratulated by an emir, with Qatar’s leader giving him a Bisht, a black and gold robe, and a backslap.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2022
The video, however, showed Giuliani in no danger of toppling from the backslap.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022
His tone is both more dire than the president’s and more emotional — a kind of virtual New York backslap next to Mr. Trump’s outer borough pitchmanship.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2020
But the eagerness to backslap Sandler for the type of puerile and incurious humor he’s been peddling for the past two decades is revealing on its own, too.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2018
His idiom consists exclusively of backslap and bluster.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015
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