backslapper
nounEtymology From backslap + -er.
1
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, →ISBN:
- Synonyms
- sycophant