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gesticulating definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gesticulate Ges*tic"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gesticulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gesticulating.] [L. gesticulatus, p. p. of gesticulari to gesticulate, fr. gesticulus a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus gesture, fr. gerere, gestum, to bear, carry, peform. See Gestic.] To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. --Sir T. Herbert.