gesticulation
The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments…The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
» She entered the place with wild gesticulations, feeling as the queen of the party.
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Examples
2 sentencesShe entered the place with wild gesticulations, feeling as the queen of the party.
Throughout the brand-new circus were the eagerness, the gesticulations, shouts, and murmurs of an impatient throng.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
Gestikulierung, Gestik, Gebärdenspiel
жестикуля́цияžestikuljácija, жестикули́рованиеžestikulírovanije
жестикуля́ціяžestykuljácija
(countable, uncountable)A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs when speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
(countable, dated, uncountable)An odd or fanciful motion.
- a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
Origin
From Middle English gesticulation, from Latin gesticulatio.From Middle English gesticulation, from Latin gesticulatio.
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Forms
plural: gesticulations| Singular | gesticulation |
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Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.