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Greet us excitedly, giving wave, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gesture

'wave perhaps' is the definition.
(waving is a kind of gesturing)

'greet us excitedly' is the wordplay.
'excitedly' indicates an anagram (letters excited or stimulated into a new form).
'greet'+'us'='greetus'
'greetus' is an anagram of 'GESTURE'.

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gesture that I've seen before include "Arm signal" , "Sign with the hand" , "Movement, indication" , "wave, perhaps?" , "Action done for show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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