semaphore
noun
an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
semaphoric
-
a word derived from
semaphore.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps in compensation, Mr. David has enlarged his gestures, providing semaphoric variations on his classic shrug.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
It’s as if they really were just animated versions of the Narrator’s plastic dolls, an effect underscored by Liam Steel’s semaphoric choreography.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2012
There are moments when she seems inhabited by Merman's ghost, either in vocal inflections or in her movements, which are occasionally as corseted and semaphoric as the Merm's.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day they flash a semaphoric SOS from their bedroom window toward the naval base across the bay, succeed in alerting a considerable portion of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was standing as he spoke, emphasising his periods with semaphoric motions of his right arm.
From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Horace Annesley Vachell
