Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Usage examples of handclasp.

Fielding said it was the Shakespeare that got them going, something to do with the exaltation caused by the tendered handclasp of art.

Back to her brownstone, an explanatory chat with her mum, a silent, grateful handclasp from her dad, a game of checkers with her little brother, and, as I took my leave, a royal knee-trembler in the rumpus-room.

Their glances met, touching as palpably as a handclasp, reflecting the same consternation.

He had a nice smile and a firm handclasp, and he had had the courtesy to put out his cigarette when she came in, though the room still reeked with the sickly, cloying smell of marijuana.

When they saw the kid in the banquet hall they veered to his table and congratulated him again, each giving him the wishbone pinky handclasp of their growing conspiracy.

There in the flashing lights of camera bulbs and amid the clicking of movie cameras, which Goebbels had placed along with microphones at strategic spots, was recorded for the nation and the world to see, and to hear described, the solemn handclasp of the German Field Marshal and the Austrian corporal uniting the new Germany with the old.

The leader of the Venusian expedition had a much heartier handclasp than Tal was accustomed to receiving.

Was he imagining a slight extra pressure in her handclasp as she said good-bye?

Their handclasp held, and their mutual knowledge of her longtime regard for him lent the moment an intimacy that was present whenever they met.

The day had been good: a blind man, the reduced sentence I had hoped for, a cordial handclasp from my client, a few liberalities, and in the afternoon, a brilliant improvisation in the company of several friends on the hardheartedness of our governing class and the hypocrisy of our leaders.

Trailed by Komees Taros and the trooper who bore the Red Eagle of Morguhn, he advanced to exchange handclasps and greetings with the waiting nobles and officers.

Then Damon reached out and Andrew felt Dezi in the linkage, was momentarily aware of him, barriered, yet very much there, a cool firm strength, like a handclasp.