Editing Handshake (section)

{{short description|Short human greeting or parting ritual}}
{{for-multi|the telecommunications concept|Handshake (computing)|other uses|Handshake (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Hermandad - friendship.jpg|thumb|Two people shaking hands]]
[[File:President Richard Nixon and Pope Paul VI shaking hands.jpg|thumb|[[Richard Nixon]] shaking hands with [[Pope Paul VI]]]]
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A '''handshake''' is a globally widespread, brief [[greeting]] or [[parting tradition]] in which two people grasp one of each other's hands, and in most cases, it is accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement of the grasped hands. Customs surrounding handshakes are specific to cultures. Different cultures may be more or less likely to shake hands, or there may be different customs about how or when to shake hands.<ref name="germ-latimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-fist-bump-handshake-germs-20140728-story.html |title= Fist bumps, high-fives spread fewer germs than handshakes, study says |work= Los Angeles Times |date=28 July 2014 |access-date= 7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="germ-abcnews">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/attention-germaphobes-icky-alternative-handshake/story?id=24854753 |title= Attention Germaphobes: A Less Icky Alternative to the Handshake |publisher=ABC News |access-date= 7 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="germ-cbc">[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fist-bump-can-pound-out-flu-transmission-1.782767 Fist bump can pound out flu transmission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120022645/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fist-bump-can-pound-out-flu-transmission-1.782767 |date=20 January 2011 }}</ref>
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