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1. (v.i.) gesticulate
to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
2. (v.t.) gesticulate
to express by gesturing.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L gesticulātus, ptp. of gesticulārī to use gestures, mime, der. of LL gesticulus gesture, dim. of gestus; see gestic , -cle1)
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| Definition of 'gesticulate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) gesticulate, gesture, motion
show, express or direct through movement
"He gestured his desire to leave"
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| Definition of 'gesticulate' |
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1. (verb) gesticulate
to make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures
2. (verb) gesticulate
to represent by gesture; to act
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Sense: to wave one's hands and arms about when speaking
He gesticulates wildly when he is angry.
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 Afrikaans: gebare maak |
 Arabic: يُلَوِّحُ بيدَيْه وهو يَت |
 Bulgarian: жестикулирам |
 Brazilian: gesticular |
 Czech: gestikulovat |
 German: gestikulieren |
 Danish: gestikulere; lave fagter |
 Greek: χειρονομώ |
 Spanish: gesticular |
 Estonian: (kätega) vehkima |
 Farsi: با حرکت دست و انگشتان بیا |
 Finnish: elehtiä |
 French: gesticuler |
 Hebrew: לעשות תנועות ידים |
 Hindi: अंग विक्षेपण करना |
 Croatian: gestikulirati |
 Hungarian: gesztikulál |
 Indonesian: menggerakkan tangan |
 Icelandic: tjá sig með handahreyfing |
 Italian: gesticolare |
 Japanese: 身ぶりをする |
 Korean: 몸짓으로 전달하다 |
 Lithuanian: gestikuliuoti, mosikuoti |
 Latvian: žestikulēt |
 Malay: membuat gerak isyarat |
 Dutch: gebaren maken |
 Norwegian: gestikulere, fekte/veive |
 Polish: gestykulować |
 Persian: با حرکت دست و انگشتان بیا |
 Pashto: په لاسو خبرى كول، دخبروپه |
 Portuguese: gesticular |
 Romanian: a gesticula |
 Russian: жестикулировать |
 Slovak: gestikulovať |
 Slovenian: izražati s kretnjami |
 Serbian: gestikulisati |
 Swedish: gestikulera, göra åtbörde |
 Thai: แสดงท่าทาง |
 Turkish: jestler, el kol hareketle |
 Taiwanese: (說話時) 比手劃手 |
 Ukrainian: жестикулювати |
 Urdu: اشارت |
 Vietnamese: khoa tay |
 Chinese: （讲话时）作手势 |
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