Meanings
nounbackslapper (plural backslappers)
plural backslappers
- 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.
Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser.
2008, Andrew Cohen, Saul John Ralston, Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson, →ISBNSynonyms: sycophant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne 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.
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Icelandic axlaklappari, mjög viðkunnanlegur maður
- axlaklappariperson who is overly showy with their affections
- mjög viðkunnanlegur maðurperson who is overly showy with their affections
- mjög viðkunnanleg konaperson who is overly showy with their affections
- yfirmáta kumpánalegur maðurperson who is overly showy with their affections
- yfirmáta kumpánaleg konaperson who is overly showy with their affections
Swedish ryggdunkare
- ryggdunkareperson who is overly showy with their affections
Yiddish נאַשבראַט
- נאַשבראַט (nashbrat)person who is overly showy with their affections
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“backslapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backslapper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backslapper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backslapper.
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