Definition
Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.
In Context
- "The sales pitch sounded good, but there was a lot of hand waving about the price."
- "Protesters who demand that this brilliantly humane enterprise be stopped should have their motives questioned. Their protest is nothing but the mindless hand waving of Luddites."
See Also
- hand-waving
- handwaving
- handwave
- handwaver
- handwavium
- handwavy
- wave of the hand