handjeklap
Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]handjeklap m (uncountable)
- gesture in which two people slap their hands
- (Netherlands) children's game in which players clap each other's hands
- (Netherlands, chiefly historical) system of bargaining on certain markets according to which parties would slap on each other's hands with each bid until an agreement is reached
- (Netherlands, chiefly politics, derogatory) system of political negotiation according to which compromise is sought by exchanging policy proposals more or less wholesale on an issue-by-issue basis