Nod and Wave

Nod

Nod verb - To make short up-and-down movements.

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Wave and nod are semantically related In some cases you can use "Wave" instead the word "Nod" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: nodded, nodding

Wave verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.

Usage example: waved them over to the side of the road

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Nod and wave are semantically related in gesture topic. Sometimes you can use "Nod" instead the word "Wave" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: waved, waving, wavy, wavelet, waveband

clear	clear nod	clear wave
long	long nod	long wave
similar	similar nod	similar wave
brief	brief nod	brief wave
Other adjectives: short, original, friendly, single, simple, small, big, huge, little, quick, early, possible, later, double, literal, giant, bigger.

The hero, a puppeteer by trade, has no choice but to convert the dead man's corpse into a marionette and make it nod and wave to the accomplice, who is watching via spyglass from shore.

Source: Of Corpse He's Alive
Burroughs makes a sly nod this trope in his book Naked Lunch (which was itself on trial for being pornographic, but later found to have redeeming merit) with the character of The Great Slashtubitch, an "impresario of blue movies and short-wave TV" who takes pornography very seriously as an art form.

Source: It's Not Porn, It's Art
For instance, since there was no way to animate a person convincingly speaking over recorded dialogue, the action for talking was for the characters to lean forward, nod their heads, and wave their arms around.

Source: Milking the Giant Cow