handwave

== English == === Alternative forms === hand-wave === Etymology === From hand +‎ wave. === Noun === handwave (plural handwaves) (literally) The wave of a hand. A glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details. === Verb === handwave (third-person singular simple present handwaves, present participle handwaving, simple past and past participle handwaved) (rhetoric, academia) To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing to intuition instead. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === See also === === References === “handwave”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.