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gesticulate verb [ dʒɛˈstɪkjʊleɪt ]

• 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"
Similar: gesture, make gestures, signal, make signals, sign, motion, wave,
Origin: early 17th century: from Latin gesticulat- ‘gesticulated’, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus ‘action’.


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