hand wave
Casual greeting motion
Hand wave refers to a gesture of greeting or farewell made by moving the hand back and forth.
More often, it describes a dismissive gesture—literal or figurative—that brushes aside details, objections, or difficulties without adequately addressing them: The report hand-waves away the budget concerns.
In technical discussions, hand-waving means glossing over complexity with vague explanations: That's just hand-waving—show me the math.
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- dismissSend away or reject
- greetingExpression of welcome
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- farewellLeave-taking expression
signal · beckoning · flutter · flick · palm · fingers · casual · brush-off · brush aside · magic trick · sweeping · motion · acknowledgment · flag · swipe · magical · conjure · wand
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, posture, nodding, pointing
- gesturesgesture, applause, tap on shoulder, snap fingers, beckon
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- signalssignal, signals, signaling, sign, nodded
- writing flawstypos, spelling errors, plot hole, plot holes, cliche
- handspalm, fingers, thumb, knuckles, fingertips