Both Uses
gesticulate
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The Woman Warrior
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- Brave Orchid stared at her pink-painted fingernails gesticulating, and thought she probably would not have given out so much information if she weren't so clumsy with language.†
Chpt 4gesticulating = making gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something
- First grade was when I discovered eye control; with my seeing I could shrink the teacher down to a height of one inch, gesticulating and mouthing on the horizon.†
Chpt 5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(gesticulate) to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)