gesticulate

Verb

Meaning

To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.

To represent by gesture; to act.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

motion gesture mime signal semaphore wink sign wave indicate flag prompt nod pantomime shrug beckon
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Antonyms

prevent slow speak talk suppress veto
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Hypernyms

communicate intercommunicate

Hyponyms

wink sign wave extend bow acclaim

Derivatives

gesticulated gesticulating

Examples

Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical. Steve Coogan

Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing else. James Stephens

If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people. Not that I have anything against film people; they're some of the best people around and some of the worst people around, just like in any business... they just gesticulate a little bit more. Christian Bale

I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me. Jamie Campbell Bower

He gestured his desire to leave Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gestical gesticulant gesticular gesticulating gesticulatingly gesticulation