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    gesticulate
    /dʒɛˈstɪkjʊleɪt/

    verb

    • 1. use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words: "they were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down"

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  2. GESTICULATE definition: 1. to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are…. Learn more.

  3. : to make gestures especially when speaking. arguing and gesticulating wildly. gesticulative. je-ˈsti-kyə-ˌlā-tiv. adjective. gesticulator. je-ˈsti-kyə-ˌlā-tər. noun. gesticulatory. je-ˈsti-kyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē. adjective. Examples of gesticulate in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web.

  4. If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. [ mainly written ] A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly.

  5. Gesticulate, which comes from the Latin gesticulus meaning "to mimic," describes animated movements people make in conversationwith and without words. People who gesticulate could be said to talk with their hands!

  6. Definition of gesticulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. GESTICULATE meaning: 1. to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are…. Learn more.

  8. Definitions of 'gesticulate'. If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. [mainly written] [...] More.

  9. If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words.

  10. GESTICULATE definition: to move your hands and arms around to emphasize what you are saying or to express something. Learn more.

  11. Define gesticulate. gesticulate synonyms, gesticulate pronunciation, gesticulate translation, English dictionary definition of gesticulate. v. ges·tic·u·lat·ed , ges·tic·u·lat·ing , ges·tic·u·lates v. intr. To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis. v. tr. To say or express by...