(~s, gesticulating, ~d)
If you ~, 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
gesticulation (gesticulations)
We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl