A movement of a hand used to convey information or instructions.
soldiers can communicate via hand signals
Example sentencesExamples
He gave a waving hand signal for the squad to spread out in a horizontal line, parallel with the path.
When I teach rhythm to a dog, I work with voice signals, not hand signals.
After a long series of frantic hand signals and pointing, she managed to communicate long enough to explain what happened.
We have a series of hand signals that we use and have used for a long time.
With a series of subtle hand signals, he motioned for everyone to split up into two person teams and space themselves evenly around the clearing.
Using a series of quick hand signals, he ordered his men into their positions.
There should be a hand signal that garden columnists are allowed to use when driving which means: "Please be patient, I'm slowing down to rubberneck at someone's garden."
A series of complex hand signals told his companions that fifteen armed police had stormed the lobby and were ascending on the north staircase.
Their commander is forced to use hand signals to communicate to the unit on the other side of the bus.
He had trouble learning the hand signals for turning.