backslapping in English

noun
1
the action of effusively congratulating or encouraging someone, typically by slapping a person's back.
effusive displays of backslapping and arm-punching
adjective
1
vigorously hearty.
those cheerful, backslapping journalists

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "backslapping" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "backslapping", or refer to the context using the word "backslapping" in the English Dictionary.

1. Corruption, backslapping.

2. Blandishment (also: adulation, backslapping, flattery, obsequiousness, sycophancy, toadying, toadyism)

3. Ament put in long hours, digging into policy, relishing the backslapping locker-room atmosphere

4. Backhauling translation in English - French Reverso dictionary, see also 'backhand',back-pedalling',backslapping',backpacking', examples, definition, conjugation

5. The word “folks” used to have a Bonhomous, backslapping, affectionate quality in this country; “folks” were ordinary people like you and me, whom we recognized as familiar, or even familial.

6. See backslapping ‘He has not actually gone from hero to zero, but he will need no reminders that if he does not get a grip soon, all the Backslappers who emerged from the woodwork post-Sydney will be queuing to wring his neck.’