Usually means: Dismissive, vague, or unsubstantiated explanation.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word hand waving:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand-waving, hand waving: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand-waving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hand waving: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hand-waving: Wordnik
  5. hand-waving, hand waving: Wiktionary
  6. hand-waving, hand waving: Dictionary.com
  7. Hand-waving, Hand waving: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hand waving: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hand waving: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hand waving)

noun:  (idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.

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