GESTICULATE


Meaning of GESTICULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒestɪkjʊleɪt ]

( gesticulates, gesticulating, gesticulated)

If you gesticulate , you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. ( mainly WRITTEN )

A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly...

The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground.

VERB : V , V prep

• ges‧ticu‧la‧tion

(gesticulations)

We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime.

N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl

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