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backslapper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | enthusiast, partisan, partizan |
| Derivation | backslap |
Examples of backslapper
backslapper
Another industry backslapper with music content that would not even grace an elevator.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's jovial, he's a good guy, he's a backslapper, hail fellow, well met.
From the online.wsj.com
Cacheris is a backslapper who gets along well with prosecutors.
From the time.com
He is the jolly backslapper at international summits, barging his way to the front row at every photo-opportunity.
From the economist.com
Finesman, a wiry backslapper and pure salesman who at 13 peddled cigars in bars and brothels in Ohio, took up his campaign with gusto.
From the time.com
Too aloof, passive, above it all, not willing to get his hands dirty, not the schmoozing backslapper we need to get things done.
From the bostonherald.com
Boehner is a backslapper with a sarcastic wit and a penchant for getting worked up, often choking up during floor speeches or losing his temper entirely.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mr Romney might not be a gregarious backslapper, it was asserted, but he could be trusted to perform a corporate-style turnaround on a country adrift.
From the economist.com
Boehner is a backslapper with a sarcastic wit and a penchant for getting worked up, often choking up during floor speeches or losing his temper altogether.
From the boston.com
- Someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
- One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc
- (backslapping) action of the verb to backslap
