as in gestured
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 gesticulated
Onstage, Abrams seemed the more demure of the two, strumming her guitar behind a mic stand while Hobert held her microphone in her hand and gesticulated with authorial flair.
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Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulated
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Wiseman gestured with his hands, making a heart shape and pointing to a bracelet around his wrist.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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Damas mistakenly believed his son had called the police on him, became angry, and gestured as if to hit him but never made physical contact, Nelson said.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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But after initially stopping Ryan O’Hearn, third base coach Tony Beasley waved him home when the ball trickled into right field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Before retreating into the basilica, Leo stepped forward out of the loggia's shadow and waved to the cheering crowd below.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn nodded at them from the black void.—
Marcia Dunn,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2026
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As Foster sat down, his coach nodded in his direction.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Gesticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulated. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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