GESTICULATE


Meaning of GESTICULATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

wildly

Last July, in peak form, pirouetting on his toes and gesticulating wildly , he was wickedly funny and amazingly indiscreet.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted ``Stop! Stop!''

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After gesticulating at each other, they both fell silent and looked at their drinks.

As soon as he spotted her, he began gesticulating frantically.

He mouthed and gesticulated - what did he mean?

He was gesticulating and laughing, talking to some one.

Last July, in peak form, pirouetting on his toes and gesticulating wildly, he was wickedly funny and amazingly indiscreet.

Men, women and babies are detached in small groups or bunched together in fantastic clusters, gesticulating madly.

Their whole way of speaking and gesticulating changed when they were by themselves.

When, in his most characteristic gesture, he presses a gesticulating finger to his forehead, his hand trembles.

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