hang-loose sign

noun

The shaka, a gesture made with a fist with the thumb and little finger extended.

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Meanings

nounhang-loose sign (plural hang-loose signs)

plural hang-loose signs · alternative hang loose sign

  1. The shaka, a gesture made with a fist with the thumb and little finger extended.

    After three runs, I was surfing the wake and letting go of the rope's handle with one hand so I could give the hang-loose sign to my buds.

    2002, Richard Carlson, Extreme Success, →ISBN, page 77

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shaka

Origin

From hang loose.

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