Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to handwave
Participle: handwaved
Gerund: handwaving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | handwave |
| you | handwave |
| he;she;it | handwaves |
| we | handwave |
| you | handwave |
| they | handwave |
Perfect
| I | have handwaved |
| you | have handwaved |
| he;she;it | has handwaved |
| we | have handwaved |
| you | have handwaved |
| they | have handwaved |
Past
| I | handwaved |
| you | handwaved |
| he;she;it | handwaved |
| we | handwaved |
| you | handwaved |
| they | handwaved |
Pluperfect
| I | had handwaved |
| you | had handwaved |
| he;she;it | had handwaved |
| we | had handwaved |
| you | had handwaved |
| they | had handwaved |
Future
| I | will handwave |
| you | will handwave |
| he;she;it | will handwave |
| we | will handwave |
| you | will handwave |
| they | will handwave |
Future Perfect
| I | will have handwaved |
| you | will have handwaved |
| he;she;it | will have handwaved |
| we | will have handwaved |
| you | will have handwaved |
| they | will have handwaved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | handwave |
| you | handwave |
| he;she;it | handwave |
| we | handwave |
| you | handwave |
| they | handwave |
Perfect
| I | have handwaved |
| you | have handwaved |
| he;she;it | have handwaved |
| we | have handwaved |
| you | have handwaved |
| they | have handwaved |
Imperfect
| I | handwaved |
| you | handwaved |
| he;she;it | handwaved |
| we | handwaved |
| you | handwaved |
| they | handwaved |
Pluperfect
| I | had handwaved |
| you | had handwaved |
| he;she;it | had handwaved |
| we | had handwaved |
| you | had handwaved |
| they | had handwaved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would handwave |
| you | would handwave |
| he;she;it | would handwave |
| we | would handwave |
| you | would handwave |
| they | would handwave |
Perfect
| I | would have handwaved |
| you | would have handwaved |
| he;she;it | would have handwaved |
| we | would have handwaved |
| you | would have handwaved |
| they | would have handwaved |
Imperative
| you | handwave |
| we | Let's handwave |
| you | handwave |
Verbs conjugated like 'handwave'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'handwave'
handmake,
handtame,
bandage,
handbag,
handball,
handbrake,
handfast,
handle,
handline,
handpass,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hand + wave.
Sample Sentences
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Some readers may wish to handwave this restriction away, thinking of #92;tfrac#123;#92;partial#125;#123;#92;partial#92;rho#125; as a differentiable vector field on #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² that behaves badly at the origin; this approach will suffice for the purposes of this book. [2001, Stephanie Frank Singer, Symmetry in Mechanics: A Gentle, Modern Introduction, page 33:]