jazz hands
n.pl.— «Pauline Gomez pantomimes encouragement. Her arms extend at her side, her fingers stretching for the ground in jazz hands.» —“No Yelling, No Cheering. Shhhhh! It’s Silent Saturday” by Robert Andrew Powell New York Times Nov. 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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