back-slapping
Example Sentences
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Carter wasn’t much for the legislature’s back-slapping ways.
From Seattle Times
And no one seemed to enjoy the shift more than Biden, the most back-slapping and tactile of politicians.
From Seattle Times
“Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking signs of past life,” the flight controller, Swati Mohan, announced at mission control on Thursday to back-slapping, fist-bumping colleagues wearing masks against the coronavirus.
From The Guardian
No one will mistake a cigar chomping woman who sloshes her martini or a back-slapping boss with his belly popping out from an unbuttoned shirt for living people — except, of course, when looking at them in photographs.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s always been a back-slapping salesman more than an Obama-style wonk.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
