wave off (English, verb)
expansion: wave off (third-person singular simple present waves off, present participle waving off, simple past and past participle waved off)
Senses:
glosses: To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture)
tags: transitive
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: Of an aircraft carrier landing signal officer, to signal a pilot to go around.
Forms:
form: waves off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waving off
tags: participle
present
form: waved off
tags: participle
past
form: waved off
tags: past