back-patting
[ bak-pat-ing ]
/ ˈbækˌpæt ɪŋ /
noun
an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.
Words nearby back-patting
back-end load,
back-load,
back-mutate,
back-order,
back-paddle,
back-patting,
back-pedal,
back-seat driver,
back-slapping,
back-stabbing,
back-street
Example sentences from the Web for back-patting
And in all this outpouring of sentiment, this hand-shaking and back-patting, nobody thought to offer a kind word to old Waddles.
Fore! |Charles Emmett Van Loan