I constantly reach out to the shore, but I have no hands to wave hello. I crest high in the ocean during summer, then crash silently onto the sand. What am I?
An ocean wave
The word wave has a double meaning, describing both a hand gesture used to say hello and a ridge of water moving in the ocean. The riddle plays on the fact that ocean waves move toward the beach shore without having physical hands.
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