gesticulate

Definition of gesticulatenext
as in to gesture
to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way He was gesticulating wildly during his speech.

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Recent Examples of gesticulate Imagery was multiplied to tell a story—the stentorian Mussolini, with his upraised chin and bald head, delivering a speech, or Hitler, with his toothbrush mustache, gesticulating. Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 Video footage of the incident obtained by KQED appears to show the women gesticulating and shouting at the correctional staff before the officers form a line and deploy pepper spray and mace grenades at the group. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026 And, besides, he could be seen bear-hugging his players, as well as those of Newcastle, within moments of being led away from Barrott, twice turning back to shout and angrily gesticulate in the referee’s direction. Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 In preschool, he was given a wordless role as Farmer McGregor in a school production of Peter Rabbit and began hamming it up, counting the missing tomatoes and gesticulating at his nemesis rabbit. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gesticulate
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  • The president gestured at Nathaniel Rai, a 10-year-old who was rescued from rough surf in Santa Cruz by lifeguard Ryder Williams, who sat across from him in the Oval Office.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • After all, as Lewis-Skelly gestured to those at the Emirates, home is where the heart is.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • More than two dozen friends and family traveled from Ohio and waved a Marietta College flag for each of his plate appearances.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Maia Kealoha, who plays Lilo, came onstage to introduce the film as a fuzzy Stitch waved to the crowd from onscreen.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • Interiors are a fresh take on classic British West Indies elegance, nodding to the overall aesthetic of Little Palm’s past but re-interpreting it as tropical chic of the present.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The set included an Air Jordan 11 and an Air Jordan 6, nodding to Jordan’s 1991 and 1996 championship wins.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Gesticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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