handshaking

Questions about handshaking

What does handshaking mean?

handshaking means "grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)".

How many syllables are in handshaking?

handshaking has 3 syllables: hand-sha-king. The stress falls on "hand". In IPA it is /ˈhændˌʃeɪkɪŋ/.

What is another word for handshaking?

Close synonyms include handshake, shake, handclasp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is handshaking a common word?

handshaking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with handshaking?

2 words rhyme with handshaking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.