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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ges•tic•u•late /dʒɛˈstɪkyəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to make or use gestures, esp. in an excited manner with or instead of speech:He gesticulated wildly.
ges•tic•u•la•tion /dʒɛˌstɪkyəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]dramatic gesticulations.[uncountable]the uses of gesticulation.See -gest-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ges•tic•u•late (je stik′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.i. - to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
v.t. - to express by gesturing.
- Latin gesticulātus (past participle of gesticulārī), equivalent. to Late Latin (assumed in Latin) gesticul(us) gesture (diminutive of gestus; see gestic, -cule1) + -ātus -ate1
- 1595–1605;
ges•tic′u•la′tive, ges•tic•u•la•to•ry (je stik′yə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. ges•tic′u•la′tor, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gesture, motion, wave, signal.
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