wave off

See also: waveoff

English

Verb

wave off (third-person singular simple present waves off, present participle waving off, simple past and past participle waved off)

  1. (transitive) To give a wave of one's hand, or of a flag or wand, so as to signal (someone) to desist or leave.
    Antonym: flag down
    Hypernym: signal
    Coordinate term: ward off
    Near-synonym: wave away
    He waved off the approaching truck driver and restarted the apparatus.
    1. (aviation, nautical, military) Of an aircraft carrier landing signal officer, to signal a pilot to go around.
  2. (transitive) To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture).
    Coordinate terms: see off, send off
  3. (basketball) Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture.
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