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Definition of gesticulate in English: gesticulateverb dʒɛˈstɪkjʊleɪtdʒɛˈstɪkjəˌleɪt [no object]Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words. 做手势（尤指夸张的手势），用手势（或动作）加重语气，用手势表达 they were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down 他们向没有减速行驶的驾车人呼喊并拼命打手势。 Example sentencesExamples - They surrounded the defenseless woman, shouting at her, gesticulating violently.
- He had reportedly run at her, shouting and gesticulating wildly and waving his hand ‘only inches from her face’.
- I sprint into the kitchen and hammer on the window, waving and gesticulating towards the side door.
- I watched her walk to the gate and stand there for at least 5 minutes, then a woman walked over and let her in and stood waving and gesticulating at her in a angry manner.
- Families spread out elaborate picnics and play blind man's buff; everywhere there are people arguing, gesticulating and shouting over each other.
- The cover, a thin card folder, shows a bearded man gesticulating at traffic from the pavement.
- Often this leads to fists being shaken, fingered signs being gesticulated, and harsh words exchanged, as the anguished cry, ‘that was my space!’
- It was actually quite entertaining to watch grown men and women gesticulating and waving their arms around violently in an archaic tongue.
- Goldwater paced back and forth in front of the court in her heels, gesticulating wildly, sometimes nearly shouting.
- As I arrive breathless at the bottom of the gorge, my companion, who is considerably ahead of me, begins to gesticulate frantically.
- Men around me started shouting in Spanish, gesticulating wildly and pointing.
- Scolari comes alive during games, always shouting and gesticulating.
- At one point I saw before me a weird figure, gesticulating madly and mouthing gibberish.
- By the time I had pulled in to the kerb, these little ‘darlings’ had run off down the road, laughing, shouting and gesticulating.
- In order to make yourself clear, you might be forced into a mime show, gesticulating and posturing dramatically so as to convey your meaning.
- In public places, Kanaks adopt a discreet and subdued attitude, avoiding excessive speaking or gesticulating, which are considered rude.
- As I near Belfast I realise that my job will become more difficult near Banbridge; drivers may gesticulate back to me either with their thumb or middle finger.
- After a few minutes, from the official side of the counter, a Lady Officer moved forward and began gesticulating and shouting back.
- On the way into central Bucharest our bus-driver seemed overwrought, gesticulating wildly.
- With a shirtsleeved Klinsmann gesticulating and shouting encouragement from the technical area, Germany regained the lead in the 17th minute.
Synonyms gesture, make gestures, signal, make signals, sign, motion, wave
Derivativesadjective dʒɛˈstɪkjʊlətɪv It focuses in on the two essentials - Mr. Caesar's face and the moving sandwich in the gesticulative hand of the speaker. Example sentencesExamples - The athlete uses an assistant to move the ramp into position, giving only verbal or gesticulative cues on where to move the ramp.
- The images I create are choreographed, but I allow room for spontaneity, or the gesticulative nature of each individual like an actor within a scene.
- Without using words, participants are invited to engage in gesticulative dialogue.
- They are loud and gesticulative.
noun dʒɛˈstɪkjʊleɪtədʒɛˈstɪkjəˌleɪdər A person who uses gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize words. 做手势（尤指夸张的手势），用手势（或动作）加重语气，用手势表达 Example sentencesExamples - There also arose a gesticulator whose purpose was to illustrate, with pantomimic gestures, what the actor-tragedian was singing.
- He describes the fascinating journey along the evolutionary path that ‘converted us from wild gesticulators to smooth talkers.’
- When the aerobic gesturing stops, the gesticulators storm toward the garage, stomping past the sleepy lavender patch, out of view.
adjective dʒɛˈstɪkjʊlət(ə)riˌdʒɛˈstɪkjələˌtɔri You get this flurry of gesticulatory activity, followed by a raising of the eyebrows and a widening of the eyes as the orator pauses. Example sentencesExamples - Therefore, Woolf is engagingly and illustratively gesticulatory.
- Gesticulatory and concerned with his ‘vision’, he is constantly battling with his producer, scoffing at one point, ‘Apparently we can't construct the truth!’
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin gesticulat- 'gesticulated', from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus 'action'. Definition of gesticulate in US English: gesticulateverbdʒɛˈstɪkjəˌleɪtjeˈstikyəˌlāt [no object]Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words. 做手势（尤指夸张的手势），用手势（或动作）加重语气，用手势表达 they were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down 他们向没有减速行驶的驾车人呼喊并拼命打手势。 Example sentencesExamples - As I arrive breathless at the bottom of the gorge, my companion, who is considerably ahead of me, begins to gesticulate frantically.
- Families spread out elaborate picnics and play blind man's buff; everywhere there are people arguing, gesticulating and shouting over each other.
- As I near Belfast I realise that my job will become more difficult near Banbridge; drivers may gesticulate back to me either with their thumb or middle finger.
- Men around me started shouting in Spanish, gesticulating wildly and pointing.
- In order to make yourself clear, you might be forced into a mime show, gesticulating and posturing dramatically so as to convey your meaning.
- He had reportedly run at her, shouting and gesticulating wildly and waving his hand ‘only inches from her face’.
- They surrounded the defenseless woman, shouting at her, gesticulating violently.
- The cover, a thin card folder, shows a bearded man gesticulating at traffic from the pavement.
- Scolari comes alive during games, always shouting and gesticulating.
- At one point I saw before me a weird figure, gesticulating madly and mouthing gibberish.
- On the way into central Bucharest our bus-driver seemed overwrought, gesticulating wildly.
- By the time I had pulled in to the kerb, these little ‘darlings’ had run off down the road, laughing, shouting and gesticulating.
- I watched her walk to the gate and stand there for at least 5 minutes, then a woman walked over and let her in and stood waving and gesticulating at her in a angry manner.
- I sprint into the kitchen and hammer on the window, waving and gesticulating towards the side door.
- With a shirtsleeved Klinsmann gesticulating and shouting encouragement from the technical area, Germany regained the lead in the 17th minute.
- Often this leads to fists being shaken, fingered signs being gesticulated, and harsh words exchanged, as the anguished cry, ‘that was my space!’
- In public places, Kanaks adopt a discreet and subdued attitude, avoiding excessive speaking or gesticulating, which are considered rude.
- It was actually quite entertaining to watch grown men and women gesticulating and waving their arms around violently in an archaic tongue.
- Goldwater paced back and forth in front of the court in her heels, gesticulating wildly, sometimes nearly shouting.
- After a few minutes, from the official side of the counter, a Lady Officer moved forward and began gesticulating and shouting back.
Synonyms gesture, make gestures, signal, make signals, sign, motion, wave
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin gesticulat- ‘gesticulated’, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus ‘action’. |