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gesticulate

[je-stik-yuh-layt] / dʒɛˈstɪk jəˌleɪt /
VERB
pantomime
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Wax figures of scrappy, earnest young communists gesticulate during a 1921 meeting frozen in time, debating how best to bring Marxism to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Dart looked close to tears at the start of the second set and continued to gesticulate towards her team, which was led by mum Susie who has been coaching her in New York.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

They even made note of our facial expressions and the way we would gesticulate, and they worked that into it a bit, so I would say it was unusually collaborative.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024

City’s manager was furious, repeatedly turning to the Anfield fans behind the dugout to gesticulate.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

They stop, gesticulate, Argue apart, some weep,—weep, here within Heaven’s gate!

From Satan Absolved by Wilfred Scawen Blunt

Goodman is animated, her long red hair moving with her as she gesticulates.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

As she argues a point, she gesticulates broadly, leans forward and occasionally pounds the table.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2021

When he gently gesticulates with his ringed fingers, the resemblance to his father is impossible to deny.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020

Instead, he drops it and picks it up, twirls it like a baton, and gesticulates wildly with it.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019

He gesticulates wildly toward Rosie, ranting without pause.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

When asked how she knew that, she gesticulated and pointed at her eyes, and shook her head incredulously.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

After the game, he gesticulated to the Dutch bench and insulted striker Wout Weghorst, who scored twice in regulation.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

The former National threw down his bat and gesticulated frantically while screaming at Hernandez.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2022

Kirby Smart leaped and danced and gesticulated across the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the entirety of Monday night.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022

He gesticulated, his words tangling up with one another.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Viewers were left watching a silent movie of a shrinking figure gesticulating wildly into the wind.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

At some point, a motorcycle rider engaged the suspect, following and gesticulating at him and, at a red light, getting off his bike in an apparent attempt to open the Honda’s passenger-side door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Instead of listening to music, we listen to the news constantly," the father of three, gesticulating to emphasise his point, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

Slot had been seen moments after Tarkowski's equalising gesticulating to suggest there had been a foul in the build-up to the goal.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025

He shrieked and ran up the steps, gesticulating frantically at the top.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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