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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : je-stik-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛˈstɪk yəˌleɪt |
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Définition of gesticulated
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," diminutive of gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest). Related: Gesticulated; gesticulating.
- verb make signs, motions to communicate
- verb pantomime
- And he cried and gesticulated with his two long arms, and he stamped with his short legs.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Adams looked at her, and gesticulated shakily at the convulsive figure on the floor.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- I lounged, smoked, gesticulated, and declaimed him to perfection.
- Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever
- He began to pace wildly to and fro, he shouldered his spade, he gesticulated with his other arm.
- Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
- He howled, gesticulated, shrieked with all the strength of his lungs.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- She swung sideways on a roller, and gesticulated with her jib-boom from port to starboard.
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- Falbe shook his handsome head, and gesticulated with his fine hands.
- Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
- He was, indeed, vain of his slender fingers and gesticulated overmuch.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- He gesticulated with his left hand, freed from the pressure of the glove.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- Peppino never spoke a word to Letterio; he talked to me and gesticulated.
- Extract from : « Diversions in Sicily » by H. Festing Jones
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