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OK gesture

The OK gesture, OK sign or ring gesture is a gesture performed by joining the thumb and index finger in a circle, and holding the other fingers straight or relaxed away from the palm. Commonly used by scuba divers, it signifies "I am OK" or "Are you OK?" when underwater. In most English-speaking countries it denotes approval, agreement, and that all is…

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OK gesture

Nodes182
Edges181
Triples138
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010989
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OK gesture

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related to "OK" · 25
OK gesture → After Van Buren's, Allen Walker Read, American English, Boston, Boston Morning Post, Both, By, Democratic Club, Democrats, English, In New York City, Kinderhook, Martin Van Buren's, New York, OK, Old Kinderhook, Owful Kalamity, Owful Katastrophe, Philadelphia, Several
related to United Macedonia Salute · 25
OK gesture → Aegean Macedonia, Ancient Macedonia, Balkan, Both, Bulgaria, For Macedonian, Greece, Greek, In Europe's Balkan, Macedonia, Macedonian, Macedonian Greeks, North Macedonia's, Obedineta, OK, Pirin Macedonia, Republic, Taken, The United Macedonia Salute, Three
related to Counting · 14
OK gesture → Both, China, China's, English-speaking, Europe, In ASL, In Plains Indian Sign, Language, OK, Regional, Taiwan, This, This ASL, When
related to Negative denotations · 13
OK gesture → France, Germany, Greece, In, Japan's, Latin America, Mediterranean, Middle East, OK, Tunisia, Turkey, While, You
related to Scuba diving · 13
OK gesture → At, Divers, Emoji, Everything OK, FACE WITH OK GESTURE, In, Japan, OK, Recreational Scuba Training Council, The, This, Unicode, Yes
related to "The circle" game · 11
OK gesture → If, In, Malcolm, Middle, Ohio, OK, Someone, The, The OK, United States, Vice News
related to White power symbol · 11
OK gesture → According, February, In, OK, Operation O-KKK, Politically Incorrect, The, The Boston Globe, Twitter, While, White Power
related to Medical testing · 6
OK gesture → Froment's, If, OK, The, To, When
related to External links · 4
OK gesture → Media, OK, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Sign language · 3
OK gesture → As, Most, OK

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gesture ok sign used hand thumb symbol circle meaning fingers may use also ring white expression represents made held united

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the hood of a cowlinstance ofIf the thumb and forefinger took hold of a specific part of one's own clothing or body0.80text
a lock of hairinstance ofIf the thumb and forefinger took hold of a specific part of one's own clothing or body0.80text
or skin on the left handinstance ofIf the thumb and forefinger took hold of a specific part of one's own clothing or body0.80text
the gesture could stand for things as diverse asinstance ofIf the thumb and forefinger took hold of a specific part of one's own clothing or body0.80text
Turkeyinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
Tunisiainstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
and Greeceinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
as well as in the Middle Eastinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
parts of Germanyinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
and many parts of Latin Americainstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
the gesture may be interpreted as a vulgar expression resembling a human anusinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text
referring to sexinstance ofIn many Mediterranean countries0.80text

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