Help me out with the specific word

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  1. Keon

    Keon Legend of Xingfeng TL

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    I need help with the specific word which is the motion when someone washes one's hand and then the motion when you move your hand to remove the excess water
    That specific word after rinsing
     
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    Dry your hands? 3-words tho...
     
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    heartantares One Who Provides Uselessly Detailed Information

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    swishing?
    shaking?
     
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    little king Ruler of Sloth [Neko-form]

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    LOL
    ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)... (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
     
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    Keon Legend of Xingfeng TL

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    Yeah drying but the word for drying it in by shaking your hand to remove the excess water. But it is not shaking which I am quite sure
     
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    heartantares One Who Provides Uselessly Detailed Information

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    i suppose if you slash you hands across the air fast enough that would also create enough centrifugal force to get water off...

    my question is how are you moving your hands....
     
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    What's this??? Cross-word puzzle thingy???
     
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    mmmm i suppose the action could also be called air-drying...
     
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    Keon Legend of Xingfeng TL

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    How do expect me to write that in a story? The readers will flip the table.
     
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    Keon Legend of Xingfeng TL

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    He slash his blood stained hand across the air fast ....
    It's weird
     
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    wipe
     
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    hmm *shaking my hands*:rolleyes:
     
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    Keon Legend of Xingfeng TL

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    How do you wipe at the air?
     
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    i strongly believe there will always be a reader who will flip a table regardless of what you use....

    and why the heck would you use the whole chunk of sentence. only the slashing motion is needed....

    He made a slashing motion with his hands splashing fresh red blood across the floor..... if you wanna make use of a word is require some imagination... not just copy and paste... im only making word suggestions how you use it is up to you really....

    more context is needed it seems.... since i have no clue the context..... i dunno if you are cleaning up after a bloody murder or casually just rinsing your hands before a meal....
     
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    Scrub? Rinse and shake?
     
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    Are you trying to say he moved his hands quickly, to get rid of the blood on it or something? In that case, how about "He shook his hands, to get rid of the blood on it."

    Edit: checked Google. I think shook will work.
    The meaning is, move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements.
    "she stood in the hall and shook her umbrella"
     
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    flicking?
     
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    You're right... I second that latter part... (we dont know whats up)
    [​IMG]
     
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    also a good word.

    mmm are we looking for a single word or a string of words also acceptable =/
     
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    Flick is a good verb.
    Whip is more violent, but also describes a quick motion that could shake blood off.
    I think that shake is neutral.
     
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