9
bowed(noun, verb, greeted)
7
beckoned(verb, indicated)
5
gestured(verb, indicated)
5
greeted(verb, greeted)
4
waved(verb, indicated, greeted)
4
indicated(verb, indicated)
3
bobbed(verb, hung)
3
motioned(verb, indicated)
3
received(verb, greeted)
2
saluted(noun, verb, greeted)
2
signaled(verb, indicated, greeted)
2
swayed(verb, hung)
2
acknowledged(verb, greeted)
2
alerted(verb, indicated)
2
becked
2
bowed the head(expression, idiom)
2
careened
2
cued(verb, adjective, indicated)
2
curtsied(verb, greeted)
2
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