motion to do

motion (for) someone to do something

to give someone a hand signal to do something. The minister motioned the organist to begin playing. I motioned Ken to raise the curtain so the play could begin. Sally motioned for the waiter to bring the check. I will motion to the usher and try to get him to come over here and help us.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Babak	-	Persian, Ancient Persian
Demokritos	-	Ancient Greek
Otto	AW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Tera	TER-ə	English
Oluwasegun	-	Western African, Yoruba
Vivyan	VIV-ee-ən	English (Rare)