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gesticulate

[je-stik-yuh-layt] / dʒɛˈstɪk jəˌleɪt /
VERB
pantomime
Synonyms


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Let the officers pore over their digital maps and the soldiers gesticulate obscurely at one another on the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

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

She rushed away to her old nursery, to stamp and gesticulate in a wild frenzy of anger and hurt feeling.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019

The character — on closer inspection, an animated frog — paces and gesticulates, then disappears behind a fence before returning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2018

He gesticulates wildly toward Rosie, ranting without pause.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel gesticulated wildly at his players to push forward, then threw his arms up in exasperation.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

With the decibel level increasing, some MPs gesticulated towards Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to urge him to step in and calm the debate down.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024

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

M. Bouc, who was already seated, gesticulated a greeting and summoned his friend to the empty place opposite him.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Saud survived until lunch but Babar perished 40 minutes before the interval - bowled by Tongue - gesticulating at the pitch.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

But with Patterson on the USC sideline for the first time, gesticulating and sweating in the coaches’ all-black attire, it did drop some concerning clues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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

Henry and Francis were further out: Francis talking, gesticulating wildly in his white robe and Henry with his hands clasped behind his back, Satan listening patiently to the rantings of some desert prophet.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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