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 gallery watched with rapt attention as Reddington gestured wildly, slammed his hand down and threw a stack of papers onto the bench.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Trump gestured to new sod that had been laid around the helipad.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Beyoncé, who wore a cozy hoodie for the outing, also blew kisses to the crowd and waved to fans as Jay-Z sang to her.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Fans are also shown waving the flag of the Philippines, an overhead shot of Eala’s black Chanel handbag and the WTA player posing in distressed jeans and a tangerine-colored open-back top.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Gap even takes things up a notch by swathing certain Five-Pocket selections in vegan suede and multiple shades of canvas — effectively nodding to its other beloved bottoms options.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Soon after, striker Bunny Shaw rose highest, with the perfectly vertical ascent of a rocket, to nod home Kerstin Casparij’s corner for City’s second.
    Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Gesticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulate. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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