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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]

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

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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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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