handwave
handwave · handwaves · handwaved · handwaving
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To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing…To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing to intuition instead.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric)To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing to intuition instead.
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Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
explain something superficially:
Origin
From hand + wave.From hand + wave.
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Forms
handwaves, handwaving, handwaved, handwavedWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle