salute

salute
v
1. address, greet, hello, say hello or how do you do; hallo, hail, call to, Archaic. gratulate.
2. nod to, tip or doff one's hat or cap to, wave to, extend one's hand to, shake hands with, give [s.o.] the glad hand, Inf. glad-hand, embrace, kiss, kiss on both cheeks; bow to, curtsy to, kiss the hand of, genuflect to, bend to, bend the knee to, salaam, kneel before, fall on one's knees before, throw oneself at the feet of, prostrate oneself before; welcome, receive, give a warm reception; present arms, dip colors, play a fanfare, give a twenty-one-gun salute or salvo.
3. honor, pay homage to, pay respects to; recognize, make a tribute to, testimonialize, panegyrize, eulogize.
n
4. salutation, address, compellation; greeting, how do you do, hello, hallo, hail, aloha, Chiefly Dial. howdy.
5. nod, bob, duck, tipping or doffing of one's hat or cap, wave; handshake, embrace, kiss, welcome, Inf. glad hand; bow, curtsy, genuflection, salaam, kowtow; fanfare, fanfaron, "Ruffles and Flourishes," salvo, twenty-one-gun salute.
6. homage, respects, honoring; recognition, tribute, testimony, testimonial; laudation, commendation, panegyric, encomium, eulogy.

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