gesticulated

verb

Definition of gesticulatednext
past tense of gesticulate
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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“Gesticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulated. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

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