hand-signal

verb

To signal by hand.

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Meanings

verbhand-signal (third-person singular simple present hand-signals, present participle (US) hand-signaling or (UK) hand-signalling, simple past and past participle (US) hand-signaled or (UK) hand-signalled)

present singular third person hand-signals · US participle present hand-signaling · UK participle present hand-signalling · US participle past hand-signaled · US past hand-signaled · UK participle past hand-signalled · UK past hand-signalled

  1. To signal by hand.

    Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.

    1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744

Origin

Verbal form of the noun hand signal.

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APA

hand-signal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-signal

MLA

“hand-signal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-signal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand-signal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-signal.

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