a limp handshake

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• handshake — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, hearty (esp. AmE) ▪ limp ▪ She wasn t impressed by his limp handshake. ▪ secret ▪ golden …   Collocations dictionary

• limp — 01. The cat is [limping]; I think it hurt its paw in a fight. 02. The old man had a bad [limp] as a result of a wound received in the war. 03. The battleship [limped] into port after being badly damaged by a torpedo. 04. He was [limping] badly… …   Grammatical examples in English

• limp — limp1 [lımp] adj not firm or strong ▪ a limp handshake ▪ His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor. >limply adv ▪ His arms were hanging limply . >limpness n [U] limp 2 limp2 v …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• limp — I 1. verb she limped out of the house Syn: hobble, walk with a limp, walk lamely, walk unevenly, walk haltingly, hitch, falter, stumble, lurch 2. noun walking with a limp Syn: lameness, a hobble, an uneven gait; Medicine c …   Thesaurus of popular words

• limp — 1 adjective not firm or strong: a limp handshake | His limp body collapsed forward. limply adverb limpness noun (U) 2 verb (I) 1 to walk slowly and with difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured 2 if a ship or aircraft limps somewhere, it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• limp — I verb she limped out of the house Syn: hobble, hop, lurch, stagger, shuffle, shamble II adjective a limp handshake Syn: soft, flaccid, loose, slack, lax, floppy, drooping …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Handshake — For the telecommunications concept, see Handshaking. Two men shaking hands A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other s like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands …   Wikipedia

• limp — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ noticeable, pronounced ▪ slight VERB + LIMP ▪ have, walk with ▪ give sb …   Collocations dictionary

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