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
Someone turned on the tv, where two commentators in yellow blazers gesticulated wildly, announcing every three minutes that the game was about to start — until another stream of advertisements cut them off, delaying the kickoff yet again.
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Felix Nesi (tr. Lara Norgaard), The Dial, 21 Jan. 2024
Jaiswal dropped a trio of catches, which did prove costly for India, on day four with a visibly irate Rohit gesticulating wildly as his emotions bubbled over.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Experts say the latest innovations in natural interfaces provide a glimpse of a fast-approaching future in which people will interact with the Web very differently—not only by typing and touching but also by talking and gesticulating before our devices.
—Elise Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
The image of Walz as a giddy schoolgirl gesticulating wildly and panting with enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris is one the Trump campaign has tried to push since August, when Harris confirmed Walz would be her running mate on the 2024 Democratic ticket.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
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Felix Nesi (tr. Lara Norgaard), The Dial, 21 Jan. 2024
Jaiswal dropped a trio of catches, which did prove costly for India, on day four with a visibly irate Rohit gesticulating wildly as his emotions bubbled over.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Experts say the latest innovations in natural interfaces provide a glimpse of a fast-approaching future in which people will interact with the Web very differently—not only by typing and touching but also by talking and gesticulating before our devices.
—Elise Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
The image of Walz as a giddy schoolgirl gesticulating wildly and panting with enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris is one the Trump campaign has tried to push since August, when Harris confirmed Walz would be her running mate on the 2024 Democratic ticket.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulate
Verb
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Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing gestures as earthquake survivors gather in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The incident was captured on video by a fellow passenger and shows a man aggressively gesturing and yelling at the man sitting behind him.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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People were waving American flags and Ukrainian flags.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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He was also shown waving at Gretzky and blowing a kiss his way.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Tatum, who is likely to earn his fourth consecutive first-team All-NBA nod this season, leads the Celtics in points, rebounds and assists per game and is the league’s fourth-leading scorer.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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In Family Style, Peter Som serves up large-format Chinese cooking with a global spin that nods to his Bay Area upbringing, with dishes like cacio e pepe sticky rice and sole meunière with fish sauce.—
Jessica Carbone,
Saveur,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Gesticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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