Usually means: Vague, unconvincing explanation or justification.
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  1. hand-waving: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand-waving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hand-waving: Wordnik
  4. hand-waving: Wiktionary
  5. hand-waving: Dictionary.com
  6. Hand-waving: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hand-waving)

noun:  Alternative spelling of hand waving [(idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.]
adjective:  Alternative spelling of handwaving [(not comparable) Waving the hands.]

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