salute🔊

An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, {{q|now especially}} a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.

A kiss, offered in salutation.

(military, nautical) A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honor or respect.

A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.

To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).

To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.

(Ireland, informal) To wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.

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.

(archaic) To kiss.