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- verb Present participle of
wave . - noun Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
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Examples
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Editor's update: Classic exaggerated arm waving from the British press - as linked to by the Drudge Report.
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Next day it was done, with baby Jesus smiling happily and waving from the sleigh.
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She heard the purr of Uncle Nick's car settling into the garage and he walked in waving the cloth sling in his undamaged hand.
Radium Carol Reid 2010
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However, the tired, old "I'm a taxpayer!" hand-waving is the wrong argument, and just doesn't hold water.
NASA ESAS Study Appendices Show up on Pay-Per Use Site - NASA Watch 2009
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Editor's update: Classic exaggerated arm waving from the British press - as linked to by the Drudge Report.
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They are joining the security lobby in waving shrouds and bleeding stumps.
Cutting from the rich and clobbering the middle, Cameron looks like a lefty Simon Jenkins 2010
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I am introduced to my shiny, gunmetal grey lobster, pincers waving from a rough-hewn wooden dish.
Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh Jay Rayner 2010
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Flag-waving is but a quadrennial affair, when the German soccer team marches off to the World Cup.
Those Reassuringly Dull Germans Josef Joffe 2010
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I have a new desktop picture - Emin waving Azerbaijani flag in front of the UN building in New York.
Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Citizen media in defense of detained activists, bloggers 2009
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Sometimes less arm waving is better than more arm waving in achieving a goal.
NASA's Jim Hansen Engages In Personal Foreign Policy - NASA Watch 2009
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