noun
Etymology: glad (I) + hand
1. : a warm friendly handshake
moving among his patrons with a welcoming smile and a glad hand — Edwin Corle
2. : a warm welcome, greeting, or reception
an affable people always ready to give strangers a glad hand
especially : an effusive welcome, greeting, or reception usually basically insincere and often marked by a display of obnoxious familiarity
potential customers getting the glad hand
master of the glad hand and the soft soap — H.A.Burton