hand waving

Speech parts

1. hand waving - Noun

2. hand waving - Adjective

3. hand waving - Verb

Meaning

hand waving (plural hand wavings)

(idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.
The sales pitch sounded good, but there was a lot of hand waving about the price.

hand-waving (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of hand waving

hand-waving (comparative more hand-waving, superlative most hand-waving)

Alternative spelling of handwaving

hand-waving

present participle of hand-wave.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

hand-waving

Related terms

handwavy wave of the hand handwave handwaving

Examples

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free. Bob Dylan

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you. Jonathan Safran Foer

There is a clear test for Western medicine (it either works or it doesn’t) and no test at all for preventive TCM, only hand-waving, the placebo effect, superstitious belief, and post hoc rationalizations. Source: Internet

Well, in my fake Spanish made up of a few French words and furious hand-waving, I managed to make myself understood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hand vote hand walking papers hand washing hand wavy hand weapon hand weapons