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BACKSLAP
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they backslap ... he / she / it backslaps
Past simple: backslapped
Past participle: backslapped
-ing form: backslapping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Display excessive cordiality (towards)
Example:
he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "backslap" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
backslapper (someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality)
