Gesticulation
11GESTICULATION — s. f. Action de gesticuler. Gesticulation ridicule …
12GESTICULATION — n. f. Action de gesticuler. Gesticulation ridicule …
13gesticulation — /je stik yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of gesticulating. 2. an animated or excited gesture. [1595 1605; < L gesticulation (s. of gesticulatio). See GESTICULATE, ION] * * * …
14gesticulation — gesticulate ► VERB ▪ gesture dramatically in place of or to emphasize speech. DERIVATIVES gesticulation noun. ORIGIN Latin gesticulari, from gestus action …
15gesticulation — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of making gestures 2. gesture; especially an expressive gesture made in showing strong feeling or in enforcing an argument …
16gesticulation — noun a) The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments. b) A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments. See Also:… …
17gesticulation — Synonyms and related words: bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, dumb show, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics, motion, movement, pantomime, poise, pose, posture,… …
18gesticulation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An expressive, meaningful bodily movement: gesture, indication, motion, sign, signal. Informal: high sign. See EXPRESS …
19gesticulation — ges·tic·u·la·tion || dÊ’e‚stɪkjÉ™ leɪʃn / kjÊŠ l n. moving of the hands or other parts of the body in an animated manner (in place of or accompanying speech) …
20gesticulation — n. See gesture, n …
