Definition of Gesticulate

to express a thought using gestures

Examples of Gesticulate in a sentence

When Jason got angry, he started to gesticulate his feelings with his hands.  🔊

The deaf woman tried frantically to gesticulate her fears to the police interpreter.  🔊

During the dance’s chase scene, the ballerina made use of her hands to gesticulate her distress.  🔊

The football coach used nonverbal signals to gesticulate plays to the quarterback.  🔊

Since the students are not allowed to talk about personal matters in class, they often try to gesticulate using hand motions.  🔊

The defendant ran his finger across his neck to gesticulate what would happen to the witness if she testified against him.  🔊

While the monkey cannot respond in a verbal language understood by humans, he can gesticulate his wants and needs with physical motions.  🔊

The waiter was fired when the manager caught him waving a knife to gesticulate his feelings about a guest who not left a tip.  🔊

Whenever the scientist talked about his pet project, he would gesticulate his excitement by clasping and unclasping his hands.  🔊

If you gesticulate too much during your speech, your listeners will be so busy watching your arms that they will not hear your words.  🔊

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