Definition of "semaphoring" []

• Present participle of semaphore. (verb)

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• "There is a trend for semaphoring views in the Commons at the moment, such as Ed Balls's "flatlining economy" hand gesture."
• "But there's a steady drumbeat of media briefings, surfacing in a kind of full-court press on the issue, most sharply represented by a loudly semaphoring New York Times article from Rod Nordland."
• "Of course, if bereft of our kind of speech he would not be able to give gruff Hestonian commands to his army: they would be reliant on line of sight and semaphoring equivalents."