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Definition

Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.

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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."
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See Also

  • hand-waving
  • handwaving
  • handwave
  • handwaver
  • handwavium
  • handwavy
  • wave of the hand