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gesticulate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gesture, motion |
| Type of | intercommunicate, communicate |
| Has types | beckon, bless, bow, bow down, clap, cross oneself, exsert, extend, hold out, nod, put out, shake, shrug, sign, spat, stretch forth, stretch out, wave, acclaim, wink, applaud |
| Derivation | gesticulation, gesture |
Examples of gesticulate
gesticulate
One can juggle his packages, take notes, doodle graffiti or gesticulate wildly.
From the time.com
They eat, jabber, gesticulate and eventually discover the use of primitive tools.
From the newscientist.com
I gesticulate and hiss to get attention but am waved away in favour of the phone call.
From the metro.co.uk
If you've seen Michele Bachmann speak, you've also seen her gesticulate.
From the huffingtonpost.com
She holds a wine glass by the bowl and uses it to gesticulate and make points in conversation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They don't just argue with conviction, they gesticulate wildly.
From the time.com
This posture shows engagement and leaves you free to gesticulate.
From the forbes.com
He would gesticulate and use ideas and personal experiences in life to keep listeners'attentions.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Find a new nightspot to dance, or gesticulate wildly.
From the denverpost.com
- Show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"
- (gesticulating) making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary"
- (gesticulation) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
- A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.Kendon, Adam. (2004) Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ...
- To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures; To say or express through gestures
- (gesticulation) The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments; A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments; Antic tricks or motions
- (gesticulating) To move the arms or hands when speaking, or express something with movements of the arms or hands
- (Gesticulation) any movement made by a foreigner.
