hand signal
noun
: a movement of a person's hands that means something
They communicated with each other by using hand signals.
Examples of hand signal in a Sentence
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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
Police said there had been a domestic violence incident, and the person recognized the hand signal the woman was doing behind her back.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Love when the kids ask me with the hand signal to pull my horn.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2024
Is there any hand signal (minus the bird) that this man won’t deploy?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Walz held up the hand signal, which consists of the index, middle and pinky fingers representing the mascot Sun Devil's pitchfork.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
Chord changes, song keys and tempos are often scrawled in the margins, necessary reminders for a catalog spanning six decades and for a band that might need that head nod or hand signal as a prompt during one of their massive stadium shows.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
The Turkish nationalist hand signal is also banned in France.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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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
Police said there had been a domestic violence incident, and the person recognized the hand signal the woman was doing behind her back.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Love when the kids ask me with the hand signal to pull my horn.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2024
Is there any hand signal (minus the bird) that this man won’t deploy?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Walz held up the hand signal, which consists of the index, middle and pinky fingers representing the mascot Sun Devil's pitchfork.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
Chord changes, song keys and tempos are often scrawled in the margins, necessary reminders for a catalog spanning six decades and for a band that might need that head nod or hand signal as a prompt during one of their massive stadium shows.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
The Turkish nationalist hand signal is also banned in France.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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“Hand signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20signal. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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