to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
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.
A kiss, offered in salutation.
A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
To make a low, sibilant sound.
To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
A private message to an individual in a chat room.
A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
A rumor.
A faint trace or hint (of something).
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.