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.

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