noun
- plural of pumphandle; handles shaped like or resembling a pump handle, or the handles of a pump
verb
- third person singular present of pumphandle; to shake someone's hand vigorously and repeatedly, as if operating a pump handle
Usage: informal; often used to describe enthusiastic or exaggerated handshaking
Examples
- The old well had worn pumphandles made of cast iron.
- He pumphandles every person he meets at the political rally.
- She pumphandles his arm excitedly when greeting him.
- The candidate pumphandles voters' hands throughout the campaign event.
- Those decorative pumphandles on the cabinet doors are purely ornamental.
- He enthusiastically pumphandles the new employee's hand during the introduction.