Verb: (ˈhan(d)ˌSHāk/,wiTH/snāk-S/) Orig: Victorian England c. 1535(AD)
Slang verbiage, historically meaning "clandestine hand-jobs with strangers".

Modernly, it is used in conjunction with, or to replace the verb "fap" or "fapping" in groups(strangers or otherwise).
Ed liked handshakes with snakes, at the park, on sunny afternoons.

Allen and his friends had a handshakes with snakes session, all afternoon.
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Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996 by Jean Chrétien, then Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett. The phrase comes from Chrétien's birthplace of Shawinigan, Quebec, as the former prime minister often styled himself the "little guy from Shawinigan".
"Yesterday I won the fucking lottery so I shat on my bosses desk then gave him the Shawinigan Handshake."

"Margret is soooooo annoying during meetings. Sometimes I just want to give her the ole' Shawinigan Handshake."
by Shawinigan June 2, 2013
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A term used in international politics, often by western diplomats, to threaten the use of Tomahawk missiles as a response to an adversary.
If Bashar Al-Assad uses chemical weapons against civilians again, we'll give him another big ole Algonquian handshake.
by The Independent Diplomat April 13, 2017
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A form of assault where two or more assailants who have just eaten a lot of Tex-Mex pin a victim to the ground and take turns farting in said victim's face.
Nothing says hospitality like a good ol' Houston Handshake!
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When two people are attempting to shake hands and some sort of mishap occurs such as one person partially missing the other person's hand and ending up shaking just their fingers.

Grabbing just fingers is terrible and is sometimes misinterpreted as giving someone a limp fish handshake. Both the limp fish and just fingers make a terrible impression on both close friends and complete strangers leading to harsh reactions ranging from a moment of unspoken awkwardness, to outright ridicule or even death in some cultures.

Therefore if a handshake mishap occurs the best resolution is to immediately ask for a handshake reset. While this will not completely absolve the handshake mishap it does go a long way towards making things right.
Guy 1: Damn it! I was on my job interview and there was a handshake mishap and I ended up grabbing just fingers.

Guy 2: Did the interviewer say anything?

Guy 1: No but I could tell there was just a moment of unspoken awkwardness. He probably thought I was giving him the limp fish and was put off by it.

Guy 2: Did you ask for a handshake reset?

Guy 1: No I totally blanked!

Guy 2: Dude you're fucked! No way you're getting that job. You should have just walked out mid-interview and saved everyone's time. At least be glad he didn't kill you because he was within his rights to do so. I know I would have.
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When two Dodge Dakota owners greet each other by grabbing the others genitals.
Logan didn't want to scare the other driver. So he used the Dakota Handshake.
by Trust me 357 August 3, 2018
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The act of two men each giving the other a handjob, and afterwards shaking hands while the semen is still on their respective hands.

term is popularised by Lyn Brown.
I saw Andy giving a Bullarto Handshake to Matt, yeah its the normal gretting for the town.
by Bellend Bellend Bellend August 15, 2011
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