wave

/weɪv/ n [C] (MOVE)

Definition

› a movement of your raised hand from side to side or up and down as a greeting or goodbye, or to get someone's attention or give information: She looked at him for a long time, and then, with a wave of her hand, she was off.

(Definition of wave n (MOVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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