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ges·tic·u·late

Audio Help [je-stik-yuh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to express by gesturing.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < L gesticulātus (ptp. of gesticulārī), equiv. to LL (assumed in L) gesticul(us) gesture (dim. of gestus; see gestic, -cule¹) + -ātus -ate¹

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—Related forms

ges·tic·u·la·tive, ges·tic·u·la·to·ry

Audio Help [je-stik-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

ges·tic·u·la·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.

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ges·tic·u·late Audio Help   (jě-stĭk'yə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
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 gestures.

[Latin gesticulārī, gesticulāt-, from gesticulus, gesticulation, diminutive of gestus, gesture, bearing; see gesture.]

ges·tic'u·la'tive adj., ges·tic'u·la'tor n., ges·tic'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gesticulate

1601, from pp. stem of L. gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," dim. of gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest).

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gesticulate
verb
show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"

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gesticulate [dʒeˈstikjuleit] verb

to wave one's hands and arms about when speaking
Example: He gesticulates wildly when he is angry.

Arabic:	يُلَوِّحُ بيدَيْه وهو يَتَكَلَّم
Chinese (Simplified):	(（讲话时) 作手势
Chinese (Traditional):	(講話時) 作手勢
Czech:	gestikulovat
Danish:	gestikulere; lave fagter
Dutch:	gebaren maken
Estonian:	(kätega) vehkima
Finnish:	elehtiä
French:	gesticuler
German:	gestikulieren
Greek:	χειρονομώ
Hungarian:	gesztikulál
Icelandic:	tjá sig með handahreyfingum
Indonesian:	menggerakkan tangan
Italian:	gesticolare

Japanese:	身ぶりをする
Korean:	몸짓을 하다
Latvian:	žestikulēt
Lithuanian:	gestikuliuoti, mosikuoti rankomis
Norwegian:	gestikulere, fekte, *veive (med hendene)
Polish:	gestykulować
Portuguese (Brazil):	gesticular
Portuguese (Portugal):	gesticular
Romanian:	a gesticula
Russian:	жестикулировать
Slovak:	gestikulovať
Slovenian:	izražati s kretnjami
Spanish:	gesticular
Swedish:	gestikulera, göra åtbörder
Turkish:	jestler, el kol hareketleri yapmak

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Gesticulate

Ges*tic"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gesticulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gesticulating.] [L. gesticulatus, p. p. of gesticulari to gesticulate, fr. gesticulus a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus gesture, fr. gerere, gestum, to bear, carry, peform. See Gestic.] To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. --Sir T. Herbert.

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Gesticulate

Ges*tic"u*late\, v. t. To represent by gesture; to act. [R.] --B. Jonson.

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