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- Dictionarygesticulation/dʒɛˌstɪkjʊˈleɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words: "he punctuated his speech with wild gesticulations"
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GESTICULATION definition: 1. movements with your hands or arms intended to express something or to emphasize what you are…. Learn more.
1. : the act of making gestures. 2. : gesture. especially : an expressive gesture made in showing strong feeling or in enforcing an argument. Synonyms. gesture. mime. pantomime. signal. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of gesticulation in a Sentence. as the argument grew more heated, his gesticulations got bigger and wilder.
GESTICULATION meaning: 1. movements with your hands or arms intended to express something or to emphasize what you are…. Learn more.
Gesticulation definition: the act of gesticulating. . See examples of GESTICULATION used in a sentence.
A gesticulation is a dramatic movement that gets attention. Some stand-up comedians dash across the stage, throwing their hands around, as they act out what they are talking about. These gesticulations become part of the act. You can see the word gesture in gesticulation.
noun. An expressive, meaningful bodily movement: gesture, indication, motion, sign, signal.
noun. /dʒeˌstɪkjuˈleɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] the act of moving your hands and arms about in order to attract attention or make somebody understand what you are saying. wild/frantic gesticulations. Want to learn more?
2 meanings: 1. the act of gesticulating 2. an animated or expressive gesture.... Click for more definitions.
Gesticulation Definition. The action of gesticulating. A gesticulating. A gesture, esp. an energetic one. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
ges•tic•u•late /dʒɛˈstɪkyəˌleɪt/ 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/ n. [ countable] dramatic gesticulations. [ uncountable] the uses of gesticulation. See -gest-.
