gesticulations

plural of gesticulation
as in gestures
a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling as the argument grew more heated, his gesticulations got bigger and wilder

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Recent Examples of gesticulations The performing community challenged that notion, tracing the scat-singing and gesticulations to earlier artists including Black jazz performer Baby Esther Jones and cabaret entertainer Florence Mills. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 But on a Sunday morning in July 1595, the groan of the heavy wooden door startled him from his gesticulations. Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 There was a rush of gesticulations, with Greenberg speaking in English. Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulations
gestures
Noun
  • These have never been simply styles, but responses to conditions that demanded other forms, other gestures, other ways of seeing and saying.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • If physical gestures serve our relatives just fine, why did our own branch of the family tree gradually favor biological changes in our brains and anatomy that permitted our characteristic complexities in language and precision in speech?
    Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Gesticulations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulations. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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