Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secret handshake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: se-cret hand-shake
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distinct form of handshake, often with the fingers or thumbs specially positioned, that covertly indicates a person's membership of a club or clique.

noun

Any shibboleth or distinguishing sign.

Example Sentences

"Stuart Auerbach, who covered legal affairs at the Washington Post, has speculated that lawyers' language serves “as a secret handshake in a fraternity, letting others know you are one of the tribe.”"
"A signal that is not used by the population at large can be used by mutant members as a kind of secret handshake to identify an in-group. Mutants can then cooperate with those who share the secret handshake and defect against the others."

Inflected Forms

secret handshakes (plural)

Questions

What does secret handshake mean?: A distinct form of handshake, often with the fingers or thumbs specially positioned, that covertly indicates a person's membership of a club or clique.

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