ges·tic·u·la·tion

(jĕ-stĭk′yə-lā′shən)

1. The action of gesticulating.

2. A deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture. See Synonyms at gesture.

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gesticulation

(dʒɛˌstɪkjʊˈleɪʃən)

1. the act of gesticulating

2. an animated or expressive gesture

gesˈticulatory adj

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ges•tic•u•la•tion

(dʒɛˌstɪk yəˈleɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of gesticulating.

2. an animated gesture.

[1595–1605; < Latin]

ges•tic′u•lar, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

gesticulation - a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion

motion, gesture - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

gesticulation

noun signalling, signing, waving, motioning, gestures, beckoning, sign language, arm-waving We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime.

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gesticulation

noun

An expressive, meaningful bodily movement:

gesture, indication, motion, sign, signal.

Informal: high sign.

Translations

gesticolazione

gesticulation

[dʒesˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃən] N → gesticulación f, manoteo m

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gesticulation

[dʒɛˌstɪkjʊˈleɪʃ^ən] n → gesticulation f

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gesticulation

n (= act) → Gestikulieren nt; (= instance) → Gebärde f (geh), → Geste f; all his gesticulations → all sein Gestikulieren

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gesticulation

n. gesticulación, seña, gesto, ademán.

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Now, in the first place, this censure attaches not to the poetic but to the histrionic art; for gesticulation may be equally overdone in epic recitation, as by Sosi-stratus, or in lyrical competition, as by Mnasitheus the Opuntian.

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Tom Sawyer stepped forward with conceited con- fidence and soared into the unquenchable and inde- structible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, with fine fury and frantic gesticulation, and broke down in the middle of it.

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Cavalletto dropped on one knee, and implored him, with a redundancy of gesticulation, to hear what had brought himself into such foul company.

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Unembellished by any violence of gesticulation, this might have seemed no very high compliment to the lady's charms; but, as Mr.

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But while she said it, Pearl laughed, and began to dance up and down with the humoursome gesticulation of a little imp, whose next freak might be to fly up the chimney.

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He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand.

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Looking up in an enforced pause, I saw Santos whispering in the skipper's ear, with the expression of a sphinx but no lack of foreign gesticulation - behind them a fringe of terror-stricken faces, parted at that instant by two more figures, as wild and strange as any in that wild, strange scene.

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Then, the whole collection of blacks, naturally as imitative as monkeys, at once reproduced all his airs and graces, his leaps and shakes and contortions; they did not lose a single gesticulation; they did not forget an attitude; and the result was, such a pandemonium of movement, noise, and excitement, as it would be out of the question even feebly to describe.

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She talked with much gesticulation of the thumb, and Philip, to whom all she said was new, listened with profound but bewildered interest.

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Pavel, the tall one, was said to be an anarchist; since he had no means of imparting his opinions, probably his wild gesticulations and his generally excited and rebellious manner gave rise to this supposition.

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She smiled upon the throng as if in acknowledgment of a warm welcome, and began to walk to and fro, making profuse gesticulations and singing, in brazen soprano tones, a song, the words of which were inaudible.

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The savages went off uttering the wildest denunciations of hostility, mingled with opprobrious terms in broken English, and gesticulations of the most insulting kind.

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