salute

IPA: sʌɫˈut

An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (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 honour or respect.
A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.

(transitive, intransitive) 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.

Examples of "salute" in Sentences

Mr. Nicholson, of Amelia, slowly raised his right hand in salute -
Look, trying to figure out what - that the Spock sign - the Vulcan salute is every time we do it.
The men all ordered Guinness, which Mr. Dunne loved, and raised their pints in salute to him, and his drum.
Down the centuries, until outboard motors, fishermen dipped sails three times in salute to MacDara's island off the Connemara coast.
Cadet_ (_during his first term at Osborne -- where he has been told always to salute his superior officers of both services -- meeting some "temporary" subalterns who disregard his salute_).