Meaning & use
Gesticulating
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Making expressive or emphatic gestures with the hands or arms, especially while speaking.
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He was gesticulating wildly as he described the near-accident.
The tour guide kept gesticulating toward the mountains in the distance.
A note on using this word
Often associated with animated or emphatic speech, especially in storytelling or argument.
Words with a similar meaning
gesturingwaving
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