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Definition of gesticulate : 1. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
2. To represent by gesture; to act.

Synonyms:

give the high sign, express, signalize, sign

cue, motion, mark, note, indicate, signal, gesture, notify, nod, point out, symbolize, flag, wave, shrug, alert, point, denote, wink, prompt, designate, brand, beckon, stamp, tag, nudge, ticket, guide, betoken, label

Usage examples:

• They had reached the first plateau, and Clarence was riding a little in advance, when an extraordinary figure, rising from the grain beyond, began to gesticulate to him wildly. - "Susy, A Story of the Plains", Bret Harte.
• She paused a moment, the better to gesticulate a frantic reverence to the ladies, now on the opposite slope, who were waving hands to her. - "The Valley of the Kings", Marmaduke Pickthall.
• " What a pity that he doesn't know very well how to gesticulate," observed Capitan Basilio. - "The Social Cancer A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere", José Rizal.