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gesticulating

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ges·tic·u·late  (j-stky-lt)
v. ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing, ges·tic·u·lates
v.intr.
To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis.
v.tr.
To say or express by gestures.
[Latin gesticulr, gesticult-, from gesticulus, gesticulation, diminutive of gestus, gesture, bearing; see gesture.]
ges·ticu·lative adj.
ges·ticu·lator n.
ges·ticu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.
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Adj.1.gesticulating - making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary"
communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray
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But Pearl, not a whit startled at her mother's threats any more than mollified by her entreaties, now suddenly burst into a fit of passion, gesticulating violently, and throwing her small figure into the most extravagant contortions She accompanied this wild outbreak with piercing shrieks, which the woods reverberated on all sides, so that, alone as she was in her childish and unreasonable wrath, it seemed as if a hidden multitude were lending her their sympathy and encouragement.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
When I left Rome I corresponded with him, and about once in two months received from him long letters in queer English, which brought before me vividly his spluttering, enthusiastic, gesticulating conversation.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
So saying, he pointed to the little goat, who, on seeing Charmolue gesticulating, had, in point of fact, thought it appropriate to do the same, and had seated himself on his haunches, reproducing to the best of his ability, with his forepaws and his bearded head the pathetic pantomine of the king's procurator in the ecclesiastical court.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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