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gesticulateges‧tic‧u‧late /dʒeˈstɪkjəleɪt/ verb [intransitive]  gesticulateOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin past participle of gesticulari, from gestus; ➔ GESTURE1 VERB TABLEgesticulate |
Present | I, you, we, they | gesticulate | | he, she, it | gesticulates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gesticulated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gesticulated | | he, she, it | has gesticulated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gesticulated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gesticulate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gesticulated |
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Present | I | am gesticulating | | he, she, it | is gesticulating | | you, we, they | are gesticulating | Past | I, he, she, it | was gesticulating | | you, we, they | were gesticulating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gesticulating | | he, she, it | has been gesticulating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gesticulating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gesticulating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gesticulating |
- Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted ``Stop! Stop!''
- 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.
► gesticulated wildly Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted ‘Stop! Stop!’ ADVERB► wildly· Last July, in peak form, pirouetting on his toes and gesticulating wildly, he was wickedly funny and amazingly indiscreet. to make movements with your arms and hands, usually while speaking, because you are excited, angry, or cannot think of the right words to use SYN gesture: Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted ‘Stop! Stop!’—gesticulation /dʒeˌstɪkjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |