glad-hander

glad-hand

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [glad hand]
- /glæd hænd/
- /ɡlæd ˈhæn.də(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [glad hand]
- /glæd hænd/

Definitions of glad-hander word

verb with object glad-hander to greet warmly. 1
verb with object glad-hander to greet in an insincerely effusive manner. 1
verb without object glad-hander to greet others with enthusiasm, especially feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state. 1
noun glad-hander One who glad-hands. 0

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Origin of glad-hander

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Glad-hander

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Glad-hander

glad-hander popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.