gesticulated

verb

past tense of gesticulate
as in gestured
to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way He was gesticulating wildly during his speech.

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Recent Examples of gesticulated Onstage, Abrams seemed the more demure of the two, strumming her guitar behind a mic stand while Hobert held her microphone in her hand and gesticulated with authorial flair. — Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulated
  1. gestured
  2. waved
  3. nodded
Verb
  • Aces guards Jewell Loyd and Jackie Young gestured toward officials and security personnel while pointing out attendees sitting in the front row.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • During the sixth inning, Tigers manager AJ Hinch walked from the dugout to the plate and gestured toward the seats for Genevieve — whom Verlander shares with wife Kate Upton — to come out for a special surprise.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of gestured
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  • Fast-forward to Wednesday and the $110B Paramount-WBD mega-merger was officially waved through and the new company will officially launch on Tuesday (October 6).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Brown waved back and rode on, figuring nobody had really recognized him.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of waved
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  • As DeLonge nodded his head and got emotional, the on-air broadcast team set the scene for viewers at home.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Deisseroth nodded to the community of scientists who worked with him and his co-laureates to make their advances possible.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of nodded

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“Gesticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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