hand-signal

See also: hand signal

English

Etymology

Verbal form of the noun hand signal.

Verb

hand-signal (third-person singular simple present hand-signals, present participle (UK) hand-signalling or (US) hand-signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) hand-signalled or (US) hand-signaled)

1. To signal by hand.
   • 1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744:

     Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.