1. hand waving - Noun
2. hand waving - Adjective
3. hand waving - Verb
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.
hand-waving
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