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    ges·tic·u·late
    [jeˈstikyəˌlāt]
    verb
    gesticulating (present participle)
    1. use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words:
      "they were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down"
    Origin
    early 17th century: from Latin gesticulat- ‘gesticulated’, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus ‘action’.
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    verb
    1. use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words:
      make gestures
      make signals
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  1. gesticulate verb [ I ] formal uk / dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt / us / dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt / to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying:
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    gesticulated; gesticulating : to make gestures especially when speaking
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gesticulate
    verb (used without object), ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing. to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
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