Synonyms:
sign_language, signing
Meaning: language expressed by visible hand gestures
Usage examples
In a dogged way he repelled them, signing to them to go on and leave him alone.
"My wife," he went on, "has received this extraordinary communication from a man signing himself P. Maloney.
"Sire!" said he, "Your Majesty is at this moment signing the glory of the nation and the salvation of Europe!"
There were consultations with lawyers, and signing of papers, and correspondence; for my father's affairs had been left in great confusion.
Out of a life earnestly devoted to the good of human kind, your children will select my going to Richmond and signing that bail-bond as the wisest act."
After signing a contract for the supply of electrical power, whereby he was outrageously robbed but the supply was guaranteed, Mr. Merrick and Arthur returned to the farm.
The conductor, red in the face and puffing from his exertion, swaggered through the car, muttering "Puppy, I'll learn him." The passengers, when he had gone, were loud in their indignation, and talked about signing a protest, but they did nothing more than talk.