hand-waving
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.74 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "So when we're discussing thought and conscious processes, talking about minds is precise, and even measurable (what else do public opinion pollsters do?) while talking about brains is just hand-waving."
- "For years much of this has been explained with hand-waving references to body types and metabolism—broadly accurate, but cold comfort to the estimated 61% of Americans who are overweight or obese and want to have their weight controlled, not merely explained."
- "You, me and everything in the universe are holograms. This may seem very vague and hand-waving. However, in 1998, the Argentinean-American physicist Juan Maldacena published a paper that shored up the idea that we live in a ‘holographic universe’ and set the world of physics alight."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more hand-waving (comparative)
most hand-waving (superlative)