Definition of "gesticulation" []

• The act of gesticulating. (noun)
• A deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture. See Synonyms at gesture. (noun)

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• "Their gesticulation is menacing, both to the Court and the bystanders, and an equal portion of all they say, is distributed to every part of the hall."
• "In tracing the History of Pantomime it becomes a matter of considerable difficulty, and, as Baron, in his _Lettres sur la Danse_, observes that when the word Dancing occurs in an old author, that it should always be translated by "gesticulation," "declamation," or "Pantomime.""
• "There was so much hand gesticulation but my father was not remotely tired."