Word: handwaves
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: hand
waves
Definition: Third-person singular of handwave. To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing to intuition instead.
Morphemes:
Affix: hand
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
Affix: wave
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs