Reference and Salute

Reference

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Salute and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Salute" instead a noun "Reference".

Salute noun - An expression of goodwill upon meeting.

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Reference and salute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Salute".

Nearby Words: salutation, saluted, saluting

musical	musical reference	musical salute
full	full reference	full salute
similar	similar reference	similar salute
specific	specific reference	specific salute
Other adjectives: complete, original, single, small, actual, little, quick, ironic, odd, double, last.

Also, in a non-verbal example, whenever he walked down to begin a game show, he would throw a salute (which he claimed was a reference to the suits he always wore being reused props from Dad's Army!).

Source: Creator / Bob Monkhouse
Putting on the Reich: Surprisingly enough, not in reference to the Nazis themselves, but to HYDRA, whose double-fist method of saluting even emulates the Nazi salute, and the predominant colors of HYDRA emulate the Nazi colors.

Source: Film / Captain America: The First Avenger
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Fizban sort of does this when he makes reference to a "21 Gun Salute"; there are no guns in any Dragonlance timeline (although there probably are lots of gun-like Tinker Gnome inventions), but a "21 Gun Salute" is a concept from Earth.

Source: Literature / Dragonlance

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