Usually means: Expressing distress through hand gestures.
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  1. hand-wringing: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand-wringing, hand-wringing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hand-wringing: Wordnik
  4. hand-wringing, hand wringing: Wiktionary
  5. hand-wringing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. hand-wringing, hand wringing: Dictionary.com
  7. hand-wringing, hand wringing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (hand wringing)

noun:  The repeated clasping or squeezing of the hands as a symptom of distress.
noun:  (figuratively) A feigned exhibition of distress, usually with implied inaction or vacillating in the face of a dilemma or crisis.

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