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gesticulate

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


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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

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

If the fourth official intervenes, or doesn't, the whole dugout stand up and gesticulate wildly.

From BBC ● May 31, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Owlsdarck's handwriting was luckily large and legible; and I was able to storm and gesticulate without hinderance.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

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

Nuno was also said to have "gesticulated aggressively" at Jones.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024

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

Over and over, he gesticulated and yelled toward his guest box, where only four of the 15 seats were occupied, quite a contrast to Tiafoe’s completely full section.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 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

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

The woman was gesticulating with carefully contained fury.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2025

Muttering and gesticulating, Mr. Crouch appeared to be talking to someone that he alone could see.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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