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What starts with a very enthusiastic greeting (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wave

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'greeting' is the definition.
(gesture used as a greeting)

'what starts with a very enthusiastic' is the wordplay.
'what starts' suggests taking the first letters (the letter that starts the word).
'very enthusiastic' becomes 've' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
The initial letter of 'with' is 'w'.
'w'+'a'+'ve'='WAVE'

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(Other definitions for wave that I've seen before include "Hand gesture - ridge of moving water" , "Drive forward" , "Make hair curl" , "may have a crest at the top?" , "Roller; a gesture" .)

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