Gesticulate

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  • intransitive verb. To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis.
  • intransitive verb. To say or express by gestures.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make gestures; express thoughts or desires, or emphasize or illustrate speech, by motions of the body or any part of it, especially the hands and arms.
  • To express or represent by gestures; imitate; enact.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To represent by gesture; to act.
  • intransitive verb. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
  • verb. To say or express through gestures.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. show, express or direct through movement
  • Word Usage
    "Sometimes they totter and gesticulate joltingly at ground level, like dolls brought to life."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    acclaim  applaud  beckon  bless  bow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    act  gesture