Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - gesticulate
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Gesticulate
gesticulate
(gesticulates, gesticulating, gesticulated) If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. (mainly WRITTEN) A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly... The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground. VERB: V, V prep • gesticulation (gesticulations) We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
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intransitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari, from *gesticulus, diminutive of gestus Date: circa 1609 to make gestures especially when speaking • gesticulative adjective • gesticulator noun • gesticulatory adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 intr. use gestures instead of or in addition to speech. 2 tr. express with gestures. Derivatives gesticulation n. gesticulative adj. gesticulator n. gesticulatory adj. Etymology: L gesticulari f. gesticulus dimin. of gestus GESTURE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ v to make movements with your arms and hands, usually while speaking, because you are excited, angry, or cannot think of the right words to use (Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted "Stop! Stop!") - gesticulation n (Wild gesticulations of the hands accompanied his speech.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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