MEANING
To make noticeable expressive gestures, especially while speaking.
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Words that belong together
- gesticulate wildly
On the page
He gesticulated as the crowd gathered.
She gesticulated toward the blocked road.
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Word forms
- Base
- gesticulate
- Past tense
- gesticulated
- Past participle
- gesticulated
- Present participle
- gesticulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- gesticulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are gesticulating
- Present perfect
- have/has gesticulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been gesticulating
- Past
- gesticulated
- Past continuous
- was/were gesticulating
- Past perfect
- had gesticulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been gesticulating
- Future
- will gesticulate
- Future continuous
- will be gesticulating
- Future perfect
- will have gesticulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been gesticulating
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: gesticulate; gesticulates; gesticulated; gesticulated; gesticulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: gesticulates.
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