handshaking

[ hand-shey-king ]

noun
  1. the act or practice of shaking hands: Handshaking was discouraged during the pandemic to avoid transmission of the virus.The traveler was sent off with many handshakings and words of advice.

Origin of handshaking

1
First recorded in 1970–75; handshake + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for handshaking

handshaking

/ (ˈhændˌʃeɪkɪŋ) /


noun
  1. computing communication between a computer system and an external device, by which each tells the other that data is ready to be transferred, and that the receiver is ready to accept it

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