hand signal

noun

: a movement of a person's hands that means something
They communicated with each other by using hand signals.

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Can this hand signal save a life? — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 The woman, who was not named, used a hand signal to discreetly ask for help, police said. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2025 One of those was the baseless claim that a man stood near to Kirk in a white baseball cap made a hand signal toward the shooter. — News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2025 The crosswalk indicator was a stop/don't walk hand signal for pedestrians. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hand signal

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“Hand signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20signal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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