- a hearty welcome or enthusiastic reception, especially one that is effusive or hypocritical: Visiting dignitaries were being given the glad hand.
- to greet warmly.
- to greet in an insincerely effusive manner.
- to greet others with enthusiasm, especially feigned enthusiasm: The candidate spent weeks glad-handing around the state.
- a welcoming hand
- a welcome
- to welcome by or as if by offering a hand
