gesticulate
verb /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt/
/dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gesticulate | /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt/ /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it gesticulates | /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪts/ /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪts/ |
| past simple gesticulated | /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd/ /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle gesticulated | /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd/ /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form gesticulating | /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪŋ/ /dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- to move your hands and arms about in order to attract attention or make somebody understand what you are saying
- He gesticulated wildly at the clock.
- She was shouting and gesticulating from the other side of the road.
Extra Examples- The officer gesticulated towards the refugees.
- The other woman was gesticulating at the ambulance.
- He was gesticulating to his players from the sidelines.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wildly
- at
- to
- towards/toward
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin gesticulat- ‘gesticulated’, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus ‘action’.