(transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer. / (transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting

Fond of sweet, sugary foods.

(transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane. / (transitive) To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo. / (India, slang) To penetrate sexually.

A passenger who does not travel the whole journey, in a carriage, train, etc. but is picked up or set down part of the way along.