Self-clasping handshake

{{Short description|Gesture of victory}}

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A self-clasping handshake is a gesture in which one hand is grasped by the other and held together in front of the body or over the head. In the United States, this gesture is a sign of victory, being made by the winning boxer at the end of a fight.{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/10/magazine/on-language-the-self-clasping-squeeze.html |title=The Self-Clasping Squeeze |author=William Safire |date=November 10, 1985 |newspaper=New York Times}} Leaders of the Soviet Union, such as Nikita Khrushchev, used the gesture to symbolise friendship when visiting the United States, and so risked misunderstanding.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cb8pUmpMvEC&pg=PA199 |title=International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |author=Betty Jane Punnett |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |year=2012 |isbn=9780765631107 |page=199}}