gesticulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of gesticulate
as in gestures
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 Synonyms for gesticulates
  1. gestures
  2. waves
  3. nods
Verb
  • Health care executive Rick Jackson gestures to a supporter while qualifying to run for governor at the Georgia state Capitol last month.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of gestures
Verb
  • My son waves his hands through my light and laughs and laughs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Ferrari is wary of a culture that diagnoses and labels nearly everything, and equally wary of the backlash that waves off deeper work as just talking.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of waves
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  • The classic ticking stripe nods to the Spanish Revival style that influenced Southern California architecture and interior design in the early 1900s.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
  • Those nods to the past are why the thriving casual-dining chain is debuting its new look in Dallas, Texas, the same city where it was founded more than five decades ago.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of nods
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