All 5 Uses of
gesticulate
in
Something Wicked This Way Comes
- There, on the world's rim, the lovely snail-gleam of the railway tracks ran, flinging wild gesticulations of lemon or cherry-coloured semaphore to the stars.†
Part 1
- Dust came and went in that dark, and a harpstring gesticulation of spiders.†
Part 2
- The plump fingers of the child gesticulated through the grille.
Part 2 *gesticulated = moved to express something
- Charles Halloway saw but did not see her flinch, sensed but seemed in no way to consider her withdrawal, for almost immediately, seizing the initiative, she flung herself forward, not touching, but mutely gesticulating at his chest as one might try to spell an antique clock pendulum.†
Part 2
- They were so old, so very old, and got much older the farther away they marched, wildly gesticulating, as Dad threw up his hands to fend off the revelation, this wild image repeated to insanity.†
Part 3
Definition:
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(gesticulate) to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something