viittoa — meaning in English

English meaning

• beckon verb To signal someone, usually with the hand or a nod, to come closer.
• semaphore noun Equipment used to send visual signals, such as flags, lights, or moving arms, that stand for letters or words.
• sign noun A visible indication that something exists, is happening, or is about to happen.

Senses

viittoa is used for these senses in English:

• beckon (ambitransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
• semaphore (ambitransitive, figurative) To signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.

beckon — full definition

1. verb To signal someone, usually with the hand or a nod, to come closer.
2. verb To seem inviting or attractive; to draw someone in.

semaphore — full definition

1. noun Equipment used to send visual signals, such as flags, lights, or moving arms, that stand for letters or words.
2. noun A system of sending messages by holding two flags in set positions, one in each hand, to spell out letters and numbers.
3. noun In computing, a mechanism that controls access to a shared resource so that only one process can use it at a time.

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