glad hand

*glad hand

Fig. an overly friendly welcome; a symbol of insincere attention. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ∼.) Whenever I go into that store, I get the glad hand. I hate to go to a party and get the glad hand.

glad hand

A warm and hearty but often insincere welcome or greeting, as in Politicians are apt to give the glad hand to one and all. [Slang; late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ozzie	AHZ-ee	English
Madge	[mædʒ]
Merrion	-	Welsh
Franco	['frɔŋkəu]
Dieuwert	-	Frisian
Sunder	-	Indian, Hindi, Tamil