gesticulate
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
Origin of gesticulate
1Other words for gesticulate
Other words from gesticulate
- ges·tic·u·la·tive, ges·tic·u·la·to·ry [je-stik-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /dʒɛˈstɪk yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- ges·tic·u·la·tor, noun
- o·ver·ges·tic·u·late, verb, o·ver·ges·tic·u·lat·ed, o·ver·ges·tic·u·lat·ing.
- o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive, adjective
- o·ver·ges·tic·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
- un·ges·tic·u·lat·ing, adjective
- un·ges·tic·u·la·tive, adjective
- un·ges·tic·u·la·to·ry, adjective
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How to use gesticulate in a sentence
BB-8 moves fluidly and playfully, and K-2SO walks with a lazy gait and gesticulates wildly, while their counterparts move rigidly and precisely.
At first he kept his hands behind his back in a tight knot; then he began to gesticulate as he turned.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonMy subordinates may gird their loins to leap and run and gesticulate, shedding their own blood the while in crimson streams.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleThis is particularly the case with people who are somewhat theatrical and hence gesticulate too much.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossThe collar of his coat on the right side had an unpleasant way of flying up whenever he raised his arm to gesticulate.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) | William H. Herndon
One was talking loquaciously, using his free arm, on which hung a cane, to gesticulate.
Long Live the King | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for gesticulate
/ (dʒɛˈstɪkjʊˌleɪt) /
to express by or make gestures
Origin of gesticulate
1Derived forms of gesticulate
- gesticulative, adjective
- gesticulator, noun
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