Usually means: Gesture showing respect or recognition.
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  1. salute: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. salute: Merriam-Webster
  3. salute: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. salute: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. salute: Collins English Dictionary
  6. salute: Vocabulary.com
  7. Salute, salute: Wordnik
  8. salute: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. salute: Wiktionary
  10. salute: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. salute: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. salute: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. salute: Dictionary.com
  14. salute (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. salute: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Salute (Gordon Lightfoot album), Salute (Little Mix album), Salute (Little Mix song), Salute (disambiguation), Salute (poem), Salute (pyrotechnics), Salute (song), Salute: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Salute: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. salute: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. salute: Rhymezone
  20. salute, salute, salute: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. salute: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. salute: FreeDictionary.org
  23. salute: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. salute: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. salute: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Salute: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. salute: Legal dictionary

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  1. salute: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. salute (n.): Cats
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  4. salute: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Salute, The salute, salute: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Salute: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
noun:  A kiss, offered in salutation.
noun:  (military, nautical) A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
noun:  A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
verb:  To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
verb:  (Ireland, informal) to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
verb:  To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
verb:  To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
verb:  (archaic) To kiss.

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